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What is the noun for apophysitis?

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apophysis
  1. (anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; A protuberance on a bone.
  2. (geology) A branch of a dike or vein
  3. Examples:
    1. “The history and clinical picture of avulsion of the ischial apophysis closely mimics that of a hamstring injury.”
      “These structures, along with the columella and apophysis are present in the asexual state.”
      “The iliac apophysis ossifies in a predictable fashion from anterolateral to posteromedial along the iliac crest.”
apophysitis
  1. (pathology) Inflammation of an apophysis, a bony tubercle.
apophyse
apophyses
  1. plural of apophyse
  2. Examples:
    1. “The latter are characterized by sheet-like apophyses that interfinger with host rocks.”
      “Along the southern margin of the intrusion at Sogneskollen, granodiorite apophyses netvein the host rocks.”
      “The first eight or nine dorsal vertebral apophyses may be left on either the right or the left half-carcase.”
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