Search Result for "diaphysis": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the main (mid) section of a long bone;
[syn: diaphysis, shaft]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Diaphysis \Di*aph"y*sis\, n. [Gr. ? a growing through; dia`
   through + ? to bring forth.]
   1. (Bot.) An abnormal prolongation of the axis of
      inflorescence.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Anat.) The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first
      ossified.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

diaphysis
    n 1: the main (mid) section of a long bone [syn: diaphysis,
         shaft]