| PHYSIS | • physis n. (Ancient Greek philosophy and theology) Nature, as contrasted with law or custom. • physis n. (Anatomy) The epiphyseal plate, a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone…
 • -physis suff. Growth or growing.
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| APOPHYSIS | • apophysis n. (Anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone. • apophysis n. (Botany) The external part of a cone scale.
 • apophysis n. (Geology) A branch of a dike or vein.
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| DIAPHYSIS | • diaphysis n. (Anatomy) The central shaft of any long bone. • diaphysis n. (Botany) An abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence.
 • DIAPHYSIS n. (Greek) the shaft of a long bone.
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| EPIPHYSIS | • epiphysis n. (Anatomy) The pineal gland. • epiphysis n. (Anatomy) The rounded end of any long bone.
 • epiphysis n. (Zoology) A small upper piece of each half of an alveolus of a sea urchin.
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| SYMPHYSIS | • symphysis n. (Anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with… • symphysis n. (Anatomy) A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming…
 • SYMPHYSIS n. the union or growing together of bones.
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| HYPOPHYSIS | • hypophysis n. (Anatomy) The pituitary gland. • hypophysis n. (Botany) The top cell of the suspensor in a dicot embryo, which will differentiate to form part of the root cap.
 • HYPOPHYSIS n. the pituitary gland.
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| PARAPHYSIS | • paraphysis n. (Botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the… • paraphysis n. (Mycology) A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci.
 • paraphysis n. (Anatomy) A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon.
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| DIAPOPHYSIS | • diapophysis n. (Anatomy) The dorsal transverse process of a vertebra. • DIAPOPHYSIS n. a dorsal transverse process of a vertebra.
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| PARAPOPHYSIS | • parapophysis n. (Anatomy) The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra. • PARAPOPHYSIS n. a ventral transverse process of a vertebra.
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| ZYGAPOPHYSIS | • zygapophysis n. (Anatomy) One of the articular processes of a vertebra, of which there are usually four, two superior… • ZYGAPOPHYSIS n. any of the yoke-pieces or articulations of the vertebrae.
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| PLEURAPOPHYSIS | • pleurapophysis n. A process on a vertebra that is essentially a vertebral rib. • PLEURAPOPHYSIS n. a lateral process of a vertebra, with the morphological character of a rib.
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| ADENOHYPOPHYSIS | • adenohypophysis n. (Anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones… • ADENOHYPOPHYSIS n. the anterior glandular lobe of the pituitary gland.
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| NEUROHYPOPHYSIS | • neurohypophysis n. (Anatomy) The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, responsible for the release of oxytocin and antidiuretic… • NEUROHYPOPHYSIS n. the portion of the pituitary gland that is composed of the infundibulum and posterior lobe and is concerned with the secretion of various hormones.
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