SYMPHYSIS


Meaning of SYMPHYSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsim(p)-fə-səs ]

noun

( plural sym·phy·ses -ˌsēz)

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

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