SYMPHYSIS
\sˈɪmfəsˌɪs], \sˈɪmfəsˌɪs], \s_ˈɪ_m_f_ə_s_ˌɪ_s]\
Definitions of SYMPHYSIS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An articulation formed by intervening cartilage; as, the pubic symphysis.
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The union or coalescence of bones; also, the place of union or coalescence; as, the symphysis of the lower jaw. Cf. Articulation.
By Oddity Software
By William R. Warner
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The line of junction of two pieces of bone separate in early life, as the pubic symphysis; a slightly movable articulation with the bony surfaces connected by fibrocartilage; syndesmosis.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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