An anomaly of epiphysis, which is the expanded articular end of a long bone that developes from a secondary ossification center, and which during the period of growth is either entirely cartilaginous or is separated from the shaft by a cartilaginous disk. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]
Synonyms: Abnormality of the epiphyses Abnormal shape of end part of bone Abnormality of epiphysis morphology Epiphyseal abnormality Anomaly of the epiphyses
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- has part some (
morphology and
characteristic of some epiphysis and
has modifier some abnormal)