English Explanatory Dictionary

synostosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fusion of adjacent bones by the growth of a bony material
  2. The abnormal development of a joint.

Word forms

synostosis synostoses

Etymology

From syn- + Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + -osis.

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