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postzygapophysis Anat.|pəʊstzɪgəˈpɒfɪsɪs| Pl. -ses |-siːz|. [f. post- A. 2 b.] A posterior zygapophysis; each of the two posterior or inferior processes (right and left) on the neural arch of a vertebra: also called inferior (or posterior) articular process.
1866Owen Anat. Vertebr. I. 232 The postzygapophyses of the fourth, third, and second cervicals. 1871Huxley Anat. Vertebr. Anim. vi. 277 The neural arches have well developed pre- and postzygapophyses. Hence postzygapophysial |-zɪgæpəʊˈfɪzɪəl| a., pertaining to or of the nature of a postzygapophysis.
1890in Cent. Dict. 1895in Syd. Soc. Lex. |