Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913 Hemapophysis Hem′a·poph′y·sis (·pŏf′ĭ·sĭs), n.; pl. Hemapophyses . [NL. See Hæma-, and Apophysis.] (Anat.) The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib. Owen. — Hem′a·po·phys′i·al (#), a. ‹ Hemaphæin Hemastatic ›