Usually means: Shaft of a long bone.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word diaphysis:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. diaphysis: Merriam-Webster
  2. diaphysis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diaphysis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. diaphysis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. diaphysis: Vocabulary.com
  6. diaphysis: Wordnik
  7. diaphysis: Wiktionary
  8. diaphysis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. diaphysis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. diaphysis: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. diaphysis: Dictionary.com
  12. Diaphysis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Diaphysis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. diaphysis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. diaphysis: Rhymezone
  16. Diaphysis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. diaphysis: FreeDictionary.org
  18. diaphysis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. diaphysis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diaphysis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. diaphysis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. diaphysis: Sound Alike Words
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  6. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  7. diaphysis: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)

(Note: See diaphyseal as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (diaphysis)

noun:  (anatomy) The central shaft of any long bone.
noun:  (botany) An abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence.

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