| 释义 |
epiphysitis Path.|ɛpɪfɪˈsaɪtɪs|
[-itis.]
Inflammation of an epiphysis (sense 1) or of the cartilage which separates it from the main bone.
1874in Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (new ed.). 1889Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 346/1 The most common disease of the hip joint is tubercular epiphysitis, occurring in the growing bone of children. 1908Practitioner Apr. 507 The left elbow was swollen, and the condition was thought to be an epiphysitis. 1970Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. xxi. 20 Syphilitic infection of growing bones takes the form of epiphysitis and perichondritis. |