| 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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