Definition of "diaphyses" [diaphyses]

• Plural of diaphysis. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Further military studies found that the shafts of the long bones of the body — known as the diaphyses — gradually form solid bonds with the caps of the bones throughout a person’s teens."
• "The effusions were most strongly marked in cases of fractures of the diaphyses, although this was more noticeable in some situations than others."
• "The aseptic nature of the wounds, and the slight and localised character of the bone lesions, have in fact justified the opinion previously expressed by Von Coler, that these injuries in the future would be less feared than fractures of the diaphyses of the bones."