epiphyses in English

noun
1
the end part of a long bone, initially growing separately from the shaft.
The skeleton is highly incomplete, consisting of hand and foot bones, epiphyses , ribs, vertebrae, the right ilium, and teeth.
noun
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1. At a single operation, the epiphyses were pinned in situ, and the adenoma removed.

2. Certain Apophyses and epiphyses arise from multiple centers of ossification, which eventually fuse in most cases

3. Handlings are given to differentiate the “stippled epiphyses” from the achondroplasia, the dysplasia epiphysialis multiplex and the cretinoid epiphysial dysgenesis.

4. As the castrato's body grew, his lack of testosterone meant that his epiphyses (bone-joints) did not harden in the normal manner.

5. Details are given of the special patterns of electric polarization encountered in the epiphyses of the Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, Monotremata and Marsupialia.

6. Avascular necrosis most commonly affects the epiphyses (ends) of the femur (thigh bone); other commonly affected bones include those of the upper arm, the shoulder, the knee, and the ankle

7. The results indicate that overall, both cursors and non-cursors exhibit varied trabecular mass in limb epiphyses and, in certain instances, conform to a proximal-distal decrease in mass irrespective of Cursoriality.