Diaphysis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Anatomy The shaft of a long bone.
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  • n. The central shaft of any long bone
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence.
  • n. The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first ossified.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, an abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence; a form of prolification.
  • n. In anatomy, the continuity of a bone between its two ends; the shaft of a long bone, as distinguished from its epiphyses or apophyses.
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  • n. the main (mid) section of a long bone
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    long bone    os longum   
    Variant
    diaphyses   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    metacarpus    hundred-thousandth    olecranon    periosteum    ossification   
     
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