Definition of Epiphisis
||E*piph"y*sis (?), n.; pl.
Epiphyses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi`fysis,
fr. 'epify`ein to grow upon; 'epi` upon +
fy`ein to grow.] (Anat.) (a)
The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies
separately from the central portion, or diaphysis.
(b) The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See
Pineal gland, under Pineal.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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