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symphysis

noun pl. symphyses

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

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