Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Splanchnapophysis \Splanch`napoph"y*sis\, n.; pl.
   {Splanchnapophyses}. [NL. See {Splanchnic}, and {Apophysis}.]
   (Anat.)
   Any element of the skeleton in relation with the alimentary
   canal, as the jaws and hyoidean apparatus. --
   {Splanch`nap`o*phys"i*al}, a. -- Mivart.