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metaphyses

metaphyses is the plural of metaphysis.

Meaning of metaphysis

Noun

metaphysis (countable and uncountable, plural metaphyses)

  1. (countable) The part of a long bone that grows during development.
    • In this ulna, the margins of the lytic lesion in the proximal metaphysis are fully corticated.2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 28
  2. Change of form; transformation.

Questions about metaphyses

What is metaphyses the plural of?
Metaphyses is the plural of metaphysis.

Words near metaphyses in the dictionary

  1. metaphylactic
  2. metaphylactically
  3. metaphylatic
  4. metaphylaxis
  5. metaphyseal
  6. metaphyses
  7. metaphysial
  8. metaphysic
  9. metaphysical
  10. metaphysical naturalism
  11. metaphysicalities

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