synostosis

English

Etymology

From syn- + Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + -osis.

Noun

synostosis (countable and uncountable, plural synostoses)

1. (physiology) The fusion of adjacent bones by the growth of a bony material
2. (pathology) The abnormal development of a joint.
   • 2009 January 25, Denis Campbell, “Kian, 4, needs a miracle. He's in the right place”, in The Observer‎^[1]:

     Conditions such as those are known collectively as single suture synostosis.

Hypernyms

• dysostosis

Hyponyms

• craniosynostosis
• radio-ulnar synostosis
• syndactyly