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altar boy (oh) and epiphysial plate (medicine)


altar boy (oh)



n [C]
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epiphysial plate (medicine)


epiphysial plate


The disc of cartilage between the metaphysis and the epiphysis of an immature long bone permitting growth in length.

Synonym: cartilago epiphysialis, epiphysial cartilage.