epiphyseal

1. 1.

   relating to the epiphysis of a bone

   Synonymsepiphysial

Questions about epiphyseal

What does epiphyseal mean?

epiphyseal means "relating to the epiphysis of a bone".

How many syllables are in epiphyseal?

epiphyseal has 5 syllables: e-pi-phy-se-al. The stress falls on "phy".

What is another word for epiphyseal?

Close synonyms include epiphysial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is epiphyseal a common word?

epiphyseal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.