Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The shaft of a long bone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, an abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence; a form of prolification.
- noun In anatomy, the continuity of a bone between its two ends; the shaft of a long bone, as distinguished from its epiphyses or apophyses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence.
- noun (Anat.) The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first ossified.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The central
shaft of any longbone
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the main (mid) section of a long bone
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I do not think that wrenches of the knee-joint in the act of falling can be suggested as an explanation of the frequency of effusions into that articulation, since the fractures of the femur were not always received while the erect position was maintained, and effusion was most marked when the diaphysis was the part affected, the latter point illustrating the greater resistance offered by compact bone.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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The ulnae possess a lateral groove along the dorso-lateral surface of the diaphysis, which is lacking in NMVP 186076 and
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Scott A. Hocknull et al. 2009
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These are connected together at the foot, and form a common epiphysis, but they are not united together along the line of the leg; and at the thigh they are united together and form an epiphysis, and this epiphysis has a diaphysis; but the other bone in a line with the little toe is a little longer.
On Fractures 2007
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A typical long bone has a diaphysis or shaft and two epiphyses or ends.
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But the visual accompanying this text is seems to show the division between the shaft (diaphysis) and end (epiphysis) of the bone.
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For the fish has a diaphysis or cloven growth under the belly and abdomen (like the blind snakes), and, after it has spawned by the splitting of this diaphysis, the sides of the split grow together again.
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-- According to Cadiot and Almy, [40] "regardless of the location of femoral fractures, the subject is usually intensely lame, the animal frequently walking on three legs -- fractures of the diaphysis are characterized by an abnormal mobility."
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Fragilitas of the bone probably exists in many cases when fracture of its diaphysis occurs.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Contraction of muscles also tends to exert traction upon a bone so fractured, resulting in a lateral approximation of the diaphysis and thus preventing union because the broken surfaces are not in proper contact.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Showing shortening of bone, owing to a lateral approximation of the diaphysis because of muscular contraction.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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