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Epiphyseal

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e·piph·y·sis  (-pf-ss)
n. pl. e·piph·y·ses (-sz)
1. The end of a long bone that is originally separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage but later becomes united to the main bone through ossification.
2. See pineal gland.
[Greek epiphusis, an excrescence : epi-, epi- + phusis, growth; see bheu- in Indo-European roots.]
epi·physi·al (p-fz-l), epi·physe·al adj.
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Adj.1.epiphyseal - relating to the epiphysis of a bone
epiphysial
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INTRODUCTION Avulsion fractures of the tibial tubercle are rare, accounting for <3% of all epiphyseal injuries and 1% of all physeal injuries.
Avulsion fractures of the tibial tubercle by A Abalo and K G Akakpo-numado and A Dossim and A Walla and K Gnassingbe and A H Tekou / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Radio-graphically, soft tissue swelling, periarticular osteoporosis, epiphyseal overgrowth, and a mild radiopacity of the synovium characterize this stage of disease.
Bleeding diathesis with hemophilic arthropathy by Werder, Gabriel M.; Tangri, Rajiv K.; Gagliardi, Joseph A. / Applied Radiology
These birds also had reduced bone ash, increased osteoclasia, a marked decrease in osteoblast activity, variable lengthening and shortening of the hypertrophic zone of the epiphyseal cartilage, decreased and disorganized formation of new bone, and a marked hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the parathyroid glands as compared to birds collected from the third colony.
J Wildl Dis: Naturally occurring secondary nutritional ... by Phalen, D.N.; Drew, M.L.; Contreras, C. / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
 
 
 
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