epiphysis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: epiphysis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for epiphysis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
epiphysis n the end of a long bone; initially separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage that eventually ossifies so the parts become fused a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin Synonym(s): pineal gland, pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pineal \Pi"ne*al\, a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pin[82]ale.] Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone. {Pineal gland} (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also {pineal body}, {epiphysis}, {conarium}. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye.