NOUN | body | metaphysis | the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis |
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Meaning | The growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis. | |
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Part of | long bone, os longum | In limbs of vertebrate animals |
Broader | process, outgrowth, appendage | A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
Spanish | metáfisis | |
Catalan | metàfisi |
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