DIASTASIS (diastases)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: diastases   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does diastasis mean? 

• DIASTASIS (noun)
  The noun DIASTASIS has 1 sense:

1. separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIASTASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("diastasis" is a kind of...):

dislocation (a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column))