Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diaphysis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diaphysis \Di*aph"y*sis\, n. [Gr. ? a growing through; dia`
through + ? to bring forth.]
1. (Bot.) An abnormal prolongation of the axis of
inflorescence.
2. (Anat.) The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first
ossified.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
diaphysis
n : the main (mid) section of a long bone [syn: {shaft}]
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