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The growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis
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metaphysis
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The metaphysis is the wide portion of a long bone between the epiphysis and the narrow diaphysis . It contains the growth plate , the part of the bone that grows during childhood and as it grows, it ossifies near the diaphysis and the epiphyses. The growth ...
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n. the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis
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n. 1 (context anatomy English) The part of a long bone that grows during development 2 change of form; transformation
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metaphysis \Me*taph"y*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? after + ? nature.] Change of form; transformation.