diaphysis

/daɪˈæf.ə.sɪs/ (bre, ipa) · /daɪˈæf.ə.sɪs/ (ame, ipa) · /dī-ˈa-fə-səs How to pronounce diaphysis (audio)/ (ame, mw)

diaphysis — noun

  • diaphysissingular
  • diaphysesplural

1. the long middle shaft between the end sections of an arm or leg bone

1.名詞C2
釋義

the long middle shaft between the end sections of an arm or leg bone

例句

The surgeon checked whether the break had spread into the diaphysis.

spread into the diaphysis — common scan and injury phrasing

On the model, the diaphysis lay between the rounded ends of the femur.

between the rounded ends — shows position inside the bone

同義詞
  • shaft

    a broader word that can refer to many long narrow parts, not only a bone

  • bone shaft

    a plain explanatory phrase for the same part of a long bone

  • midshaft

    used especially in medical descriptions of the central part of a long bone

反義詞
  • epiphysis

    the end section of a long bone, not the long middle shaft

文法句型

the diaphysis

fracture of the diaphysis

diaphysis of the [bone]

用法筆記

Diaphysis is mainly used in anatomy, medicine, and textbook explanations. In everyday speech, people usually say the shaft or middle part of a bone instead.

常見錯誤

❌The diaphysis is the rounded end of the femur.
✅The diaphysis is the long middle shaft of the femur.
💡The rounded ends are the epiphyses, not the central shaft.