physeal

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, physis +‎ -al; diachronically, via New Latin; the morphology is influenced by the source word's native inflections, as is true of many other words descended from Latin and Greek.

Adjective

physeal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the physis.
   • 2015 May 10, Romain Seil, Frederick K Weitz, Dietrich Pape, “Surgical-experimental principles of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with open growth plates”, in Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics‎^[1], volume 2, →DOI:

     In fact, adolescents are at a higher risk of epiphysiodesis but with little clinical consequences in terms of growth disturbances, whereas young children are at a lower risk of epiphysiodesis but sometimes with dramatic clinical consequences if the physeal bridge persists and continues to develop until the end of growth.

Derived terms

• transphyseal
• transphyseally

Anagrams

• Shapley, shapely