"metaphysis" meaning in All languages combined

See metaphysis on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: metaphyses [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) + Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “growth”), equivalent to meta- + -physis. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|μετά||after}} Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”), {{uder|en|grc|φύσις||growth}} Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “growth”), {{confix|en|meta|physis}} meta- + -physis Head templates: {{en-noun|metaphyses}} metaphysis (plural metaphyses)
  1. (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (part of long bone): metafyysi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-metaphysis-en-noun-MMakRXMd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meta-, English terms suffixed with -physis, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -physis: 95 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 96 4 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'part of long bone': 100 0
  2. change of form; transformation Translations (change of form): muodonmuutos (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-metaphysis-en-noun-9B7EeesP Disambiguation of 'change of form': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: metaphysial

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