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Definition of: diaphysis
(dī·af′ə·sis) noun plural ·ses (-sēz) Anat.
1. The shaft of a long bone or the part that ossifies from the center.
2. Any prominent part of a bony process, or a ligament, of the knee joint. [<NL <Gk., a growing through <dia- through + phyein grow, produce]
—di·a·phys·i·al (dī′ə·fiz′ē·əl) adjective
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