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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 boneplay

  Familiarity information: DIAPHYSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIAPHYSIS (noun)


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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