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Definition of Metaphysis
1. Noun. The growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis.
Definition of Metaphysis
1. n. Change of form; transformation.
Definition of Metaphysis
1. Noun. (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development ¹
2. Noun. change of form; transformation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Metaphysis
1. A conical section of bone between the epiphysis and diaphysis of long bones. Origin: meta-+ G. Physis, growth (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaphysis
Literary usage of Metaphysis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"EARLY CHANGES FOLLOWING THE INJECTION OF TUBERCLE BACILLI INTO THE metaphysis OF
THE LONG BONES OF ANIMALS. BY JEAN OLIVER, MD (From the Pathological ..."
2. Rome Or Reason: A Memoir of Christian and Extra-Christian Experience by Nathaniel Ramsay Waters (1888)
"Protestantism is a wider and wider departure; and under its more religious forms
is a weak metaphysis of Catholicism, utterly failing to satisfy after (as ..."
3. Collected Papers (1922)
"The metaphysis in which the elements derived from cartilage and shaft were blended
... Indeed in comparison with the metaphysis in the bones of the rats on ..."
4. The Diseases of infancy and childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt (1917)
"Ini this way the metaphysis is increased greatly in diameter and also in ...
Vascularization of the metaphysis is accomplished by a persistence of the ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"The longitudinal growth of bone takes place at the metaphysis, ie, ... Under normal
conditions the growth of the bone is limited to the metaphysis; however, ..."
6. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"An incision through a growing bone at the junction of the metaphysis with the
epiphysis always causes disturbance in growth. 2. A separation in the natural ..."
7. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Some of them projected quite a distance toward the marrow space of the metaphysis,
so that the boundary line was broken in places. ..."
8. Principles and practice of infant feeding by Julius Hays Hess (1922)
"This deposit is most marked on the epiphyseal side of the metaphysis. The epiphyseal
nucleus at the upper end is plainly visible and the one at the lower ..."
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