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