Phys. [f. Gr. ἀνά back + απόφυσις offshoot, f. από off + φύσις growth.] A small bony process, springing in a backward direction from the neural arch of the vertebræ, between the metapophysis and diapophysis.
1854. Owen, in Orr’s Circ. Sc., Org. Nat., 169. The exogenous parts are the diapophysis … [and] the anapophysis.
1881. Mivart, Cat, 39. The posterior process which projects backwards as much as any other part of the vertebra, is called the accessory process, or Anapophysis.
