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epiphysis
(redirected from epiphyseal)

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epiphysis [ə′pif·ə·səs]
(anatomy)
The end portion of a long bone in vertebrates.


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This fact has been confirmed experimentally by ultrasound causing premature closure, slipping, and displacement of epiphyseal growth plates, bone sclerosis, diaphyseal fractures and fibrosis, and delayed healing during fracture repair.
The essential roles of estrogens in pubertal growth, epiphyseal fusion and bone turnover: lessons from mutations in the genes for aromatase and the estrogen receptor.
A common safety question concerns the epiphyseal junctures ("growth plates") at the ends of the bones.
 
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