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epiphysiodesis (medicine) and piano nobile (sh)


epiphysiodesis (medicine)


epiphysiodesis


1. Premature union of the epiphysis with the diaphysis, resulting in cessation of growth.

2. An operative procedure that partially or totally destroys an epiphysis and may incorporate a bone graft to produce fusion of the epiphysis or premature cessation of its growth; generally undertaken to equalise leg length.

Origin: epiphysis + G. Desis, binding


piano nobile (sh)




(Italian: "noble floor") In a Renaissance building, the first floor above ground level.

In the typical palace erected by an Italian prince, the large, high-ceilinged reception rooms were in this upper, main story. Often a grand exterior staircase or pair of staircases led from ground level up to the piano nobile.