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Word: symphysis (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A line discernable on x-ray showing such fusion.
  • The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, with or without synovia.
  • The process of two, originally separate bones growing together as the mammalian subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.

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