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diaphyses

diaphyses is the plural of diaphysis.

Meaning of diaphysis

Noun

diaphysis (plural diaphyses)

  1. The central shaft of any long bone.
    • Many studies that use subperiosteal new bone as a stress indicator fail to specify how they deal with this problem. Others offer a range of solutions, for example, limiting study to adolescents and adults[…], excluding perinates and infants[…], including all ages from birth onwards but only...2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 30
  2. An abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence.

Questions about diaphyses

What is diaphyses the plural of?
Diaphyses is the plural of diaphysis.

Words near diaphyses in the dictionary

  1. diaphragmless
  2. diaphragms
  3. diaphtherin
  4. diaphyseal
  5. diaphysectomy
  6. diaphyses
  7. diaphysial
  8. diaphysis
  9. diaphysitis
  10. diapie
  11. diapies

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