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epiphysiolysis
(redirected from femoral head epiphysiolysis)

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ep·i·phys·i·ol·y·sis (p-fz-l-ss)
n.
The loosening or separation, either partial or complete, of an epiphysis from the shaft of a bone.

epiphysiolysis [ep″ĭ-fiz″e-ol´ĭ-sis]
separation of the epiphysis from the diaphysis of a bone.

epiphysiolysis
separation of the epiphysis from the diaphysis of a bone. It is a traumatic lesion originating from a defect in the growth plate, often osteochondrosis.

femoral head epiphysiolysis
disease of 5-12 month old pigs, characterized by hindlimb lameness followed in a few days by inability to stand on the hindlimbs.


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