transverse process

noun

a process that projects from the sides of a vertebra.

Origin of transverse process

First recorded in 1690–1700

Words nearby transverse process

transverse muscle of nape, transverse muscle of tongue, transverse nerve of neck, transverse plane, transverse presentation, transverse process, transverse rhombencephalic flexure, transverse scapular artery, transverse section, transverse sinus, transverse sinus of pericardium

British Dictionary definitions for transverse process

transverse process

noun

anatomy either of the projections that arise from either side of a vertebra and provide articulation for the ribs

Medical definitions for transverse process

transverse process

n.

A process projecting on either side of the arch of a vertebra.