Definition of "epiphysis" [e•piph•y•sis]

• The end of a long bone that is originally separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage but later becomes united to the main bone through ossification. (noun)
• See pineal gland. (noun)

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• "Veeramani made her way through the earlier rounds Friday night, spelling "epiphysis" and "juvia" with ease."
• "Our expert team treats hip disorders and deformities such as hip dysplasia and dislocation, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, infection and chondrolysis."
• "It was the newest rod available, and it threaded into the epiphysis, whatever that was, which kept it from migrating, like the older rods used to."