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diaphysis
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di·aph·y·sis  (d-f-ss)
n. pl. di·aph·y·ses (-sz) Anatomy
The shaft of a long bone.
[Greek diaphusis, spinous process of the tibia, from diaphuesthai, to grow between : dia-, dia- + phuesthai, to grow, middle voice of phuein; see bheu- in Indo-European roots.]
dia·physi·al (d-fz-l), di·aphy·seal (d-f-sl, d-fz-l) adj.
diaphysis
the shaft section of a long bone. — diaphytical, adj.
See also: Bones
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Noun1.diaphysisdiaphysis - the main (mid) section of a long bone
shaft
long bone, os longum - in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow


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