πρόσφῠσις,εως, Ion.
ιος,ἡ, (προσφύομαι)
A. growing to: clinging to, of a rider,ἰσχυροτέρα π. a firmerseat, X. Eq. 1.11 ; of vine to tree, D.H. 19.2 .
II. ongrowth, attachmentorpoint of attachment, e.g. of the legs to the body, Diog.Apoll. 6 , Hp. Art. 45 ; of the diaphragm to the spine,τῶν φρενῶνibid.; of the navel in embryos, Arist. GA 745b24 ; of the caudal vertebrae in birds, Id. IA 710a4 ; of flowers to spray, leaves to stem, Thphr. HP 3.16.4 ,al., 1.10.8 , al.: freq. in Arist. of allafteroradventitious growthswhich do not form part of the organism, ἓν γενέσθαι . . προσφύσει
Ph. 227a17
;ἡ τοῦ ᾠοῦ π. GA 754b12 ; of zoöphytes, HA 548b8 ;assimilation, τῆς τροφῆς
Pr. 866b21
(prop.,adhesionof food to tissues, Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.11 , 3.1 ); in trees,growth of new wood, Thphr. HP 9.2.6 ; of a fungus, Id. Fr. 168 .