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extraepiphyseal

extraepiphyseal adjective: outside of the epiphysis.

Adjective

extraepiphyseal (not comparable)

  1. Outside of the epiphysis.
    • All of them bear a specific risk for growth disturbances, either through indirect growth changes in extraepiphyseal surgical procedures or through growth plate injuries in epiphyseal or transphyseal techniques […]2015 May 10, Romain Seil, Frederick K Weitz, Dietrich Pape, “Surgical-experimental principles of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with open growth plates”, in Journal of Experimental...

Origin of extraepiphyseal

From extra- + epiphyseal.

Questions about extraepiphyseal

What does extraepiphyseal mean?
Extraepiphyseal means outside of the epiphysis.
What part of speech is extraepiphyseal?
Extraepiphyseal is an adjective.

Words near extraepiphyseal in the dictionary

  1. extraembryonic
  2. extraembryonically
  3. extraenteric
  4. extraenzymatic
  5. extraepiglottic
  6. extraepiphyseal
  7. extraepithelial
  8. extraerythrocyte
  9. extraerythrocytic
  10. extraesophageal
  11. extraessential

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