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symphysis

Noun

Singular
symphysis

Plural
symphyses

symphysis (plural symphyses)

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

9 letters in word "symphysis": H I M P S S S Y Y.

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