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TRANSVERSE PROCESS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does transverse process mean?

• TRANSVERSE PROCESS (noun)
The noun TRANSVERSE PROCESS has 1 sense:

1. one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs

Familiarity information: TRANSVERSE PROCESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TRANSVERSE PROCESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

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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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