Definition of Synostosis

1. n. Same as Synosteosis.

Definition of Synostosis

1. Noun. (medicine) The abnormal development of a joint. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Synostosis

1. [n -TOSES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synostosis

synopses
synopsis
synopsize
synopsized
synopsizes
synopsizing
synoptic
synoptic climatology
synoptical
synoptically
synorogenic
synosteoses
synosteosis
synosteotic
synostoses
synostosis (current term)
synovectomies
synovectomy
synovia
synovial
synovial fluid
synovial joint
synovial membrane
synovial membranes
synovias
synoviocyte
synoviocytes
synoviopathy
synovitides
synovitis

Literary usage of Synostosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of Psychiatry: A Psychological Study of Insanity for Practitioners by Emanuel Mendel (1907)
"2. Inferior lateral synostosis. Leptocephalus (or narrow head), the result of synostosis of the frontal and sphenoid bones. ..."

2. A Text-book on Nervous Diseases by Francis Xavier Dercum (1895)
"Leptocephali, small heads (synostosis of the frontal and sphenoid.) 0. ... saddle heads (synostosis of the parietal and sphenoid or temporal bones). <•. ..."

3. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1865)
"The conjectures respecting the skull had been most unfortunate, but they had led to the acquirement of valuable information respecting synostosis. ..."

4. Developmental Pathology by Eugene S. Talbot (1905)
"The dovetails are replaced by solid bone through a process called synostosis. In the case of the frontal bone it is normal and Figure 5. ..."

5. Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head by Arthur Schueller (1918)
"ROENTGEN DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OP THE HEAD Skull Deformities in Consequence of Premature Suture synostosis There is a definite time for the beginning of the ..."

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