Associations to the word «Diastasis»

Wiktionary

DIASTASIS, noun. (medicine) a separation between two parts, such as separation of a bone, without fracture

Dictionary definition

DIASTASIS, noun. Separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone.

Wise words

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