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diastasis

diastasis

9.9
A separation of the end part of a long bone from the main bone without a break
  • noun
  • /daɪˈæstəsɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : diástasis
  • Diastasis... can occur when the two sides of the bone separate in an injury, but no fracture is present.

Examples

  • Goodman teaches women how to strengthen the correct abdominal muscles to help close the diastasis recti after the baby is born.

    Blog text (12)

  • I'm very prone to diastasis because I have super narrow hips and anterior pelvic tilt.

  • There was complete disruption of the pelvic ring with a fracture of the ischial spine and pubic diastasis.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Diastasis recti is a natural occurrence during pregnancy when the fibrous membrane (linea alba) that runs down the middle of the abdomen separates.

    Blog text (12)

  • She experienced diastasis after her delivery, leading to a separation of her abdominal muscles.

  • Doctors often diagnose diastasis when the epiphysis has moved away from the long bone without any breakage.

How Severe

dislocation
8 6.2
diastasis
  • Specialized
9.9
separation
89 2.6

Surface Forms

diastasis singular
diastases plural

Morphology

diastasis = stasis (opaque) = dia + stasis + dia

A learned medical formation from Greek combining forms ('dia-' + 'stasis'); the morphemes are technical and not productive in everyday English, so learners will not reliably derive 'separation'.

Etymology

Diastasis comes from Greek parts dia- 'through' and stasis 'standing', so it means 'standing apart'. Think of two parts of a bone 'standing apart' from each other, which helps you remember that diastasis is a separation of bone parts without a break.