n.
Pronunciation: ' sim(p)-f ə -s ə s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -phy · ses \ - ˌ s ē z \
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, state of growing together, from symphyesthai to grow together, from syn- + phyein to make grow, bring forth ― more at BE
Date: circa 1578
1 : an immovable or more or less movable articulation of various bones in the median plane of the body
2 : an articulation in which the bony surfaces are connected by pads of fibrous cartilage without a synovial membrane