extraepiphyseal

extraepiphyseal

English

Etymology

extra- +‎ epiphyseal

Adjective

extraepiphyseal (not comparable)

1. Outside of the epiphysis.
   • 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, volume 2, DOI:10.1186/s40634-015-0027-z:

     All of them bear a specific risk for growth disturbances, either through indirect growth changes in extraepiphyseal surgical procedures or through growth plate injuries in epiphyseal or transphyseal techniques […]