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Epiphysis

noun

(pl. epiphyses)

The end of a long bone; initially separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage that eventually ossifies so the parts become fused.

A small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin. Synonyms: epiphysis cerebri, pineal body, pineal gland.

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"Epiphysis" Quotes from Famous Books

... of Tibia; with partial Separation of 6 Epiphysis of Upper End of Fibula; and Incomplete Fracture of Fibula in ...

— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles

... the medullary canal, which is filled with yellow marrow. The extremities, which include the ossifying junctions, consist of spongy bone, the spaces of which are filled with red marrow. The articular aspect of the epiphysis is invested with a thick layer of hyaline cartilage, known as the articular cartilage, which would appear to be mainly nourished from ...

— Manual of Surgery - Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. • Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

... at this age; but because young dogs are more exposed to fall from the hands of the persons who carry them, and from the places to which they climb; and the extremities of the bones, then being in the state of epiphysis, are easily separated from the body of the bone. When the fracture takes place in the body of the bone, it is transverse or somewhat oblique, but there is ...

— The Dog - A nineteenth-century dog-lovers' manual, - a combination of the essential and the esoteric. • William Youatt