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synostosis

American  
[sin-o-stoh-sis] / ˌsɪn ɒˈstoʊ sɪs /

noun

Anatomy.
synostoses plural
  1. union of separate bones into a single bone.


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noun

Etymology

Origin of synostosis

From New Latin, dating back to 1840–50; see origin at syn-, ostosis

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Lucy was seven weeks old when Tom and his wife Hanna, who are from Cambridge, were told she had sagittal synostosis.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2017

This fusion of the diaphysis and epiphysis is a synostosis.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Examples of synostosis fusions between cranial bones are found both early and late in life.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The synchondrosis is thus replaced by a synostosis.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Sometimes this deficiency coexists with too early synostosis elsewhere.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

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