Defn: An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first ossified.
DIAPNOIC
Di`ap*no"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. diapnoïque.] (Med.)
Defn: Slightly increasing an insensible perspiration; mildly diaphoretic. — n.
Defn: A gentle diaphoretic.
DIAPOPHYSICAL
Di*ap`o*phys"ic*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to a diapophysis.
DIAPOPHYSIS
Di`a*poph"y*sis, n. Etym: [NL. See Dia-, and Apophysis.] (Anat.)
Defn: The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra.
See Vertebra.