synchondrosis

synchondrosis /syn·chon·dro·sis/ (sin?kon-dro´sis) pl. synchondro´ses   [Gr.] a type of cartilaginous joint in which the cartilage is usually converted into bone before adult life.

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syn·chon·dro·sis (sngkn-drss, sn-)

n. pl. syn·chon·dro·ses (-sz)

A rigid union between two bones formed either by hyaline cartilage or by fibrocartilage. Also called synchondrodial joint.

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synchondrosis (sing´kondrō´sis),

n a cartilaginous joint between two immovable bones such as the union between the sphenoid and occipital bones at the base of the skull.

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synchondrosis

pl. synchondroses [Gr.] a type of cartilaginous joint in which the cartilage is usually converted into bone before or during early adult life and that serves to allow growth, e.g. intermandibular, intersternebrales (syn. sternales), spheno-occipitales.