hypaxial, a. Comp. Anat.
(hɪˈpæksɪəl, haɪp-)
[f. hypo- 2 + axi-s + -al1; cf. axial.]
Lying beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral axis.
| 1872 Mivart Elem. Anat. 221 Hypaxial processes may also be developed beneath vertebræ to which complete paraxial arches are annexed..in the thoracic region of many birds. 1886 Syd. Soc. Lex., Hypaxial arch, the arch of bone formed by the hæmapophyses of a vertebra. |