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noun
The central shaft of any long bone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
An abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
the main (mid) section of a long bone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: shaft
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: long bone, os longum
History
From dia- + -physis.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
