ἐπίφυσις
ἐπίφυσις, ongrowth, excrescence
ἐπί-φῠσις, εως, ἡ,
- ongrowth, excrescence, ἐ. βλεφάρων, = σῦκον II, Hp. Epid. 3.7 (pl.); ἐ. σαρκός, of flesh covering the bone, Id. Fract. 4; χονδρίων -φύσιες Id. Art. 45; ἡ ἐ. τοῦ δέρματος, such as fishes’ scales, Mnesith. ap. Ath. 8.357c.
- 2 Anat., epiphysis, Hp. Art. 27, Fract. 12; opp. ἀπόφυσις (q.v.), Gal. 2.733.
- 3 growth, -φυσιν λαμβάνειν Thphr. HP 1.1.2: metaph., accretion, Ph. 1.667; λογικῆς φύσεως ib. 636 (pl.).
ἐπίφυσις, εως (ἡ) [ῠ] croissance, excroissance, en parl. des excroissances charnues, Hpc. Epid. 3, 1085 ; Fract. 752, etc. ; en parl. d’écailles de poissons, Ath. 357c ; particul. épiphyse, excroissance cartilagineuse à l’extrémité d’un os, Hpc. Art. 796.
Étym. ἐπιφύω.
1. groei, tumor
2. epifyse (uiteinde van bot)
ἐπίφυσις, ἡ, der Zuwuchs, Ansatz, Theophr.; δέρματος Ath. VIII.357c ; ὀστέων, Medic. u.a.