Epiphyseal (redirected from epiphyseal fracture)

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.

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[Greek epiphusis, an excrescence : epi-, epi- + phusis, growth; see bheu- in Indo-European roots.]

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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