- apophysis - (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers
--1 is a kind of plant process, enation
- apophysis - (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or part such as the process of a vertebra
--2 is a kind of process, outgrowth, appendage
--2 is a part of vertebra - apophysis - (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or part such as the process of a vertebra