diaphysis
/daɪˈæfɪsɪs/noun
diaphysis is a noun meaning “The central shaft of any long bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-I-A-P-H-Y-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of diaphysis is diaphyses.
What does diaphysis mean?
noun
- 1
The central shaft of any long bone.
- 2
An abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce diaphysis?
- /daɪˈæfɪsɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of diaphysis
- diaphyses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is diaphysis?
Diaphysis appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does diaphysis come from?
From dia- + -physis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).