Epiphysis is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for EPIPHYSIS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• any portion of a bone having its own centre of ossification
• the end part of a long bone, initially growing separately from the shaft.
• end of a long bone, initially separated from the shaft (diaphysis) by a section of cartilage that eventually ossifies so that the two portions fuse together
• The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or diaphysis.
• The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal.
• the end of a long bone; initially separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage that eventually ossifies so the parts become fused
• a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a part or process of a bone that ossifies separately and later becomes ankylosed to the main part of the bone; an end of a long bone

Words related to EPIPHYSIS

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