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DIAPHYSIS (diaphyses)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diaphysis mean?
• DIAPHYSIS (noun)
The noun DIAPHYSIS has 1 sense:
1. the main (mid) section of a long bone
Familiarity information: DIAPHYSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The main (mid) section of a long bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
diaphysis; shaft
Hypernyms ("diaphysis" is a kind of...):
long bone; os longum (in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow)
Derivation:
diaphyseal; diaphysial (relating to the diaphysis of a bone)
Context examples
The tumor arises from the surface of the bone and affects the diaphysis or diaphyseal- metaphyseal portion of the long bones.
(Periosteal Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It often affects the diaphysis or metaphyseal-diaphyseal portion of long bones.
(Ewing Sarcoma of Bone, NCI Thesaurus)
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