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metaphysis /me·taph·y·sis/ (mĕ-taf´ĭ-sis) pl. metaph´yses   [Gr.] the wider part at the end of a long bone, adjacent to the epiphyseal disk.
me·taph·y·sis (m-tf-ss)
n. pl. me·taph·y·ses (-sz)
The zone of growth between the epiphysis and diaphysis during development of a bone.
meta·physi·al (mt-fz-l) adj.
metaphysis
[mətaf′əsis]
Etymology: Gk, meta + phyein, to grow
a region of a growing long bone in which diaphysis and epiphysis converge. metaphyseal, adj.
metaphysis [mĕ-taf´ĭ-sis] (Gr.)
the wider part at the end of the shaft of a long bone, adjacent to the epiphyseal disk. adj., adj metaphys´eal.
metaphysis (mtaf´isis),
n the line of junction of the epiphysis with the diaphysis of a long bone.
metaphysis
pl. metaphyses [Gr.] the wider part at the end of the shaft of a long bone, adjacent to the epiphyseal disk.
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