symphyseal

Variant of symphysis

symphysis definition

sym·phy·sis (sim′fə sis)

noun pl. symphyses -·ses′ (-sēz′)

a growing together or fusing; specif.,
  1. Anat. the growing together of bones originally separate, as of the two halves of the lower jaw or the two pubic bones; also, the line of junction and fusion of such bones
  2. Bot. the growing together of similar parts of a plant; coalescence

Etymology: ModL < Gr, a growing together < syn-, with + phyein, to grow: see be

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