Epiphysis

Definitions: Epiphysis

Epiphysis

Noun

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.

Specialty Definitions: Epiphysis

Domain	Definitions
Mining	An apophysis or tongue of an intrusion which is detached from its source.Also spelled epiphesis. See also:tongue. (references)
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Synonyms: Epiphysis

Synonyms: epiphysis cerebri (n), pineal body (n), pineal gland (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Epiphysis

English words defined with "epiphysis": diastasis ♦ epiphyseal, Epiphyses, epiphysial, epiphysis cerebri ♦ metaphysis ♦ Pineal gland. (references)

Specialty definitions using "epiphysis": Growth Plate. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Epiphysis

Domain	Title
Books	Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Epiphysis

"Epiphysis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Epiphysis" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	5	157,705

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Expression: Epiphysis

Expression using "epiphysis": epiphysis cerebri. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Epiphysis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
slipped capital femoral epiphysis	15
epiphysis	13
epiphysis slipped	5
femoral epiphysis	2
capital epiphysis slipped	2
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Modern Translations: Epiphysis

Language		Translations for "epiphysis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		epifyse. (various references)

Dutch		pijnaapelklier. (various references)

French		épiphyse. (various references)

German		Epiphysis, Epiphyse (pineal gland). (various references)

Greek		επίφυση (pineal body). (various references)

Italian		epifisi (pineal body), epifesi. (various references)

Pig Latin		epiphysisay

Portuguese		epífise (pineapple). (various references)

Spanish		epífisis. (various references)
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Misspellings: Epiphysis

Misspellings
	"Epiphysis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: epiphisis, epiphyseal, epiphysese, epithysis. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Epiphysis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-h-i-i-p-p-s-s-y"
	-2 letters: hippies, yippies.
	-3 letters: hippie, physes, physis, pishes, yippie.
	-4 letters: hippy, hissy, hypes, issei, pipes, shies, ships, sipes, spies, syphs, yipes.
	-5 letters: espy, hies, hips, hiss, hype, hyps, pehs, peps, phis, pies, pipe, pips, pipy, pish, piss, psis, pyes, seis, shes, ship, sipe, sips, syph, yipe, yips.
	Words containing the letters "e-h-i-i-p-p-s-s-y"
	+2 letters: epiphytisms.
	+5 letters: physiographies.
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