1. 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 
2. A small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin
   - pineal gland, pineal body, epiphysis cerebri

Derived forms: epiphyses

See also: epiphysial

Type of: ductless gland, endocrine, endocrine gland, long bone, os longum

Encyclopedia: Epiphysis

• miro
• Mirounga
• mirror
• mirror carp
• mirror image
• mirror symmetry
• mirror-image relation
• mirrored
• mirrorlike
• mirth
• mirthful
• mirthfully
• mirthfulness
• mirthless
• mirthlessly
• MIRV
• miry
• mis-
• misaddress
• misadventure
• misadvise
• misalign
• misalignment
• misalliance
• misally