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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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pl.

Synarthroses

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a being jointed together, fr. [GREEK] to link or joint together;

σύν

with + [GREEK] a joint.]

(Anat.)

Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note under

Noun.

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Noun.

[Gr. with, and to articulate.] Union of bones without motion; close union; as in sutures, symphysis and the like.

synarthrosis ‎(plural synarthroses)

(anatomy) A type of joint in which two bones are connected rigidly by fibrous tissue