synostosis


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
synostosis /ˌsɪnɒˈstəʊsɪs/
noun (pl. synostoses /-siːz/) Physiology & Medicine the union of adjacent bones by the growth of bony substance.
– origin C19: from syn- + Gk osteon ‘bone’ + -osis.
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