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  • (Anat.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis.

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  • adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the epiphysis

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  • adjective relating to the epiphysis of a bone

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Examples

  • It can be comminuted (insert number of fragments), compound, angulated (insert degree of angulation), spiral, oblique, transverse, epiphyseal (four main types), diaphyseal or other things.

    Expanding Medical Codes to 140,000 Is Rx for Futility 2011

  • Therapeutic ultrasound is not recommended during pregnancy, over tissues such as the eyes, heart, spinal column, growing bones, testes, epiphyseal plates, carotid sinuses, cervical stellate ganglion, and vagus nerve.

    Dr. Jeffrey McCombs: The Adventures of a Preterm Daddy: Part I 2009

  • Abundant shaft fragments, rare epiphyseal portions, and the extremely low representation of axial postcrania as compared to those of the appendicular and craniodental skeletons, combined with the high tooth-marking rates, suggest that the Aramis ecosystem may have matched highly competitive modern settings such as Ngorongoro Crater 10.

    Ardipithecus ramidus: The Geological, Environmental, and Taphonomic Background - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • Estimated age early to mid-twenties based on the partially fused epiphyseal plates—those are the growth plates near the ends of the long bones.

    Unforgivable Laura Griffin 2008

  • When the weight of the body is suddenly caught by a member in such manner as to forcefully drive the epiphyseal portions of bone into and against the diaphysis,

    Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix

  • There is no change as they cross the epiphyseal line.

    II. Osteology. 6c. 3. The Femur 1918

  • The trabeculæ of the former rise from the inner wall of the shaft and continue in perfectly straight lines parallel to the axis of the shaft and proceed to the epiphyseal line, whence they continue in more or less curved lines to meet the articular surface of the knee-joint at right angles at every point.

    II. Osteology. 6c. 3. The Femur 1918

  • The principal pathologic change is seen in the epiphyseal lines of long bones and

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • In rachitis epiphyseal swellings are seen at the wrists and ankle-joints, and in superior cases at the ends of the phalanges of the fingers and toes.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • In rachitis epiphyseal swellings are seen at the wrists and ankle-joints, and in superior cases at the ends of the phalanges of the fingers and toes.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

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