释义 |
epiphyseal, a. Anat.|ɛpɪˈfɪzɪəl| Also epiphysial. [irreg. f. epiphysi-s + -al1.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an epiphysis.
1842Penny Cycl. XXIII. 135/2 Between the posterior extremity of the ilia and the first three caudal vertebræ, a distinct epiphyseal piece of bone is wedged in. 1854Owen Skel. & Teeth (1855) 227 These surfaces..are developed on separate epiphysial plates, which coalesce in the course of growth with the rest of the centrum. 1871J. Ashhurst Princ. & Pract. Surg. xxiii. 418 The epiphyseal cartilages (cartilages of conjunction) become enlarged. 1908Practitioner Oct. 531 The slightest tap on the point of either of these fingers gave her intense pain, referred to a spot corresponding with the epiphyseal line. 1964L. Martin Clinical Endocrinol. (ed. 4) iii. 124 Radiological examination will show the characteristic changes of epiphyseal dysgenesis. |