epiphysial

1. 1.

   relating to the epiphysis of a bone

   Synonymsepiphyseal

Questions about epiphysial

What does epiphysial mean?

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

How many syllables are in epiphysial?

epiphysial has 5 syllables and divides as e-pi-phy-si-al under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for epiphysial?

Close synonyms include epiphyseal. 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 epiphysial a common word?

epiphysial 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.