e|piph|y|sis

e|piph|y|sis
e|piph|y|sis «ih PIHF uh sihs», noun, plural -ses «-seez». Anatomy.
1. the spongy end of a bone which, originally separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage, ossifies and becomes united to the main bone.
2. = pineal body. (Cf.pineal body)
[< New Latin epiphysis < Greek epíphysis growth of bone to bone < epi- upon + phýsis growth]

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