apop[ysis
n.,
pl. 3ses# 73scz#8 5ModL < Gr, an offshoot < apo3, from + phyein, grow: see BE6
1 Anat. any natural outgrowth or process, esp. on a vertebra or other bone
2 Bot. a swelling at the base of the capsule in some mosses
a[poph#y[se$al 73sc4al8
adj.

Not to be confused with epiphysis, the places at ends of long bones where a zone of cartilage
gives rise to bone producing elongation of the bone.