SYSSARCOSIS


Meaning of SYSSARCOSIS in English

ˌsisärˈkōsə̇s noun

( plural syssarco·ses -ōˌsēz)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syssarkōsis fact of being overgrown with flesh, from syssarkousthai to be overgrown with flesh also (from syn- + sarkousthai, passive of sarkoun to make fleshy, grow fleshy, from sark-, sarx flesh) + -sis — more at sarcasm

: the junction of two or more bones by means of attached muscles (as the scapula with the thorax or the hyoid with the mandible and sternum)

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