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METAPHYSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("metaphysis" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Holonyms ("metaphysis" is a part of...):
long bone; os longum (in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow)
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