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Symphysis
Meaning
Noun
●
In Skeleton:
The process of two
originally
separate
bones
growing
together as the
subject
matures
,
as with
the
pubic
bones
or lower
jawbones
in humans.
●
In Medicine & Skeleton:
A place where two
bones
are
closely
joined in
the
median plane
of the body, either
forming
an
immovable
joint
(as between the
pubic
bones
in the
center
of the
pelvis
) or
completely
fused
(as at the
midline
of the lower jaw).
A
line
,
discernable
on an X-ray,
showing
such fusion.
●
In Skeleton:
A place where two
bones
are
closely
joined in
the
median plane
of the body, either
forming
an
immovable
joint
(as between the
pubic
bones
in the
center
of the
pelvis
) or
completely
fused
(as at the
midline
of the lower jaw).
The
cartilaginous
material
that
adjoins
and
facilitates
the
junction
of such
bones
, without a
synovial
membrane.
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