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symphysis medical definition
noun pl. sym·phy·ses
- A form of cartilaginous joint in which union between two bones is effected by fibrocartilage without a synovial membrane.
- A union, meeting point, or commissure of two structures.
- A growing together of bones originally separate, as of the two pubic bones.
- A line or junction thus formed.
- A pathological adhesion or growing together.
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