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Definition of: epiphysis

(i·pifə·sis) noun pl ·ses (-sēz) Anat.
1. The extremity of a long bone, originally separated from it by cartilage but later consolidated with it by ossification.
2. The pineal body. [<NL <Gk., an outgrowth <epi- upon + phyein grow]
—ep·i·phys·i·al
(ep′ə·fizē·əl), epi·phys′e·al adjective

Most often used phrases:

femoral epiphysis
superior epiphysis
epiphysis posterior
epiphysis anterior
pressure epiphysis
inferior epiphysis
upper epiphysis
epiphysis scfe
distal epiphysis
pineal body epiphysis
lower epiphysis
epiphysis fuses

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