Metaphysis

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Metaphysis \Me*taph"y*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? after + ?
     nature.]
     Change of form; transformation.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  metaphysis
       n : the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and
           the epiphysis