symphyses

Meaning of symphyses

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

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Hyphenation of symphyses

sym-phy-ses

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • symphyses is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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