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Symphysis

noun
(pl. symphyses)
1.
An abnormal adhesion of two or more structures.
2.
A growing together of parts or structures.





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... damaged, but it was apparently not so strongly inflected as in the Raccoon. The masseteric fossa is deep and prominent, and the coronoid is high and broad. The inferior dental canal is placed higher than it is in the Raccoon, being slightly above the tooth line. The symphysis is relatively deeper and more robust than in Procyon, and the chin is heavier and ...
— On The Affinities of Leptarctus primus of Leidy - American Museum of Natural History, Vol. VI, Article VIII, pp. 229-331. • J. L. Wortman
... happen during child-birth. In some cases the two pubic bones at once come into apposition again, and there is no permanent displacement, the only evidence of the injury being localised pain in the region of the symphysis elicited on making pressure over any part of the pelvis. In other cases the pubic bones overlap one another, and the membranous portion of the urethra, or the bladder wall, is liable to be torn. The displaced bones ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles


Words linked to "Symphysis" :   adhesion, biological process, organic process


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