II. in Anatomy, process of a bone, i. e. the prominence to which a tendon is attached, Hp.Art.45; “ἀ. ὀδοντοειδής” processus dentatus, Gal.UP12.7, etc.; “ἀ. στυλοειδεῖς” Ruf.Onom.142; of the βρογχίαι, ib.159.
2. branch of an artery, Gal.8.319; of a nerve, Id.UP9.9; of the urethra, ib.15.3 (but ἀ. σκωληκοειδής is f.l.for ἐπίφυσις, ib.8.14; the two words distd. by Id.2.733).
III. Archit., member connecting shaft and base of column, Vitr.4.7.3.