| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | di·aph·y·sis |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d - f  -ss |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. di·aph·y·ses (-s z )
Anatomy The shaft of a long bone. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek diaphusis, spinous process of the tibia, from diaphuesthai, to grow between : dia-, dia- + phuesthai, to grow, middle voice of phuein; see bheu - in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | dia·physi·al (d-fz-l) , di·aphy·seal (d-f-sl, d-fz-l) —ADJECTIVE
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