Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for APOPH'Y-SIS, or A-POPH'Y-SY
A-POPH'YL-LITEAP-O-PLEC'TIC, or AP-O-PLEC'TIC-AL
APOPH'Y-SIS, or A-POPH'Y-SY, n. [Gr. απο, from, and φυσις, growth.]
The projecting soft end or protuberance of a bone; a process of a bone. – Quincy. Encyc. Coxe.
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