SYNDESMOSIS


Meaning of SYNDESMOSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsin-ˌdez-ˈmō-səs, -ˌdes- ]

noun

( plural syn·des·mo·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syndesmos fastening, ligament, from syndein

Date: 1726

: an articulation in which the contiguous surfaces of the bones are rough and are bound together by a ligament

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