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synarthrosis
 
SYLLABICATION:syn·ar·thro·sis
PRONUNCIATION:  snär-thrss
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. syn·ar·thro·ses (-sz)
Anatomy A form of articulation in which the bones are rigidly joined by fibrous tissue. Also called synarthrodia.
ETYMOLOGY:Greek sunarthrsis, from sunarthrousthai, to be joined by articulation : sun-, syn- + arthron, a joint; see ar- in Appendix I.
 
 
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