physeal

English

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