noun
Meaning 1
The pineal gland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
epiphysis
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/ɪˈpɪf.ɪ.sɪs/
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/əˈpɪf.ɪ.sɪs/
noun
Meaning 2
The rounded end of any long bone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A small upper piece of each half of an alveolus of a sea urchin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 4
a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pineal gland, pineal body, epiphysis cerebri
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland
noun
Meaning 5
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: long bone, os longum
History
Etymology
From epi- + -physis.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُشَاشَة (mušāša) — rounded end of any long bone
- Catalan: epífisi — rounded end of any long bone
- Czech: epifýza — rounded end of any long bone
- Czech: přírost — rounded end of any long bone
- Danish: epifyse — rounded end of any long bone
- Finnish: epifyysi — rounded end of any long bone
- Finnish: pääteosa — rounded end of any long bone
- French: épiphyse — rounded end of any long bone
- Irish: eipifís — rounded end of any long bone
- Latin: epiphysis — rounded end of any long bone
- Malay: epifisis — rounded end of any long bone
- Norwegian Bokmål: epifyse — rounded end of any long bone
- Norwegian Nynorsk: epifyse — rounded end of any long bone