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metaphysis
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Me`taph´y`sis
n.1.Change of form; transformation.
metaphysis
a change of form or type.
See also: Change
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Noun1.metaphysis - the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysismetaphysis - the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis
long bone, os longum - in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow
appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
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