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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/05/04 21:25 UTC 版)
From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) + Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “growth”), equivalent to meta- + -physis.
metaphysis (countable and uncountable, plural metaphyses)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/02/24 20:21 UTC 版)
The metaphysis is the wider portion of a long bone adjacent to the epiphyseal plate. It is this part of the bone that grows during childhood; as it grows, it ossifies near the diaphysis and the epiphyses. At roughly 18 to 25 years of age, the metaphysis stops growing altogether and completely ossifies into solid bone.