TRANSVERSE PROCESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("transverse process" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Holonyms ("transverse process" is a part of...):

vertebra (one of the bony segments of the spinal column)

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