symphysis
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin symphysis.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsymphysis (plural symphyses)
- (anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
- (anatomy) A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming an immovable joint (as between the pubic bones in the center of the pelvis) or completely fused (as at the midline of the lower jaw).
- (medicine) A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
- (anatomy) The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, without a synovial membrane.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “symphysis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “symphysis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek σύμφῠσῐς (súmphusis, “growing together, natural junction”), from σῠμφύω (sumphúō, “to make to grow together, to unite”) + -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsim.fi.sis/, [ˈsimfis̬is]
Noun
editsymphysis f (genitive symphysis or symphyseōs or symphysios); third declension
Inflection
editThird-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | symphysis | symphysēs symphyseis |
Genitive | symphysis symphyseōs symphysios |
symphysium |
Dative | symphysī | symphysibus |
Accusative | symphysim symphysin symphysem1 |
symphysēs symphysīs |
Ablative | symphysī symphyse1 |
symphysibus |
Vocative | symphysis symphysi |
symphysēs symphyseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
edit→ English: symphysis
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