synchondrosis
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Related to synchondrosis: syndesmosis, synchondrosis costae primae
synchondrosis
[sin″kon-dro´sis] (Gr.)a type of cartilaginous joint in which the cartilage is usually converted into bone before adult life.
syn·chon·dro·sis
, pl.syn·chon·dro·ses
(sin'kon-drō'sis, -sēz), [TA]Cartilaginous joint in which two bones are united either by hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage.
Synonym(s): synchondrodial joint [TA]
[Mod. L. fr. G. syn, together, + chondros, cartilage, + -osis, condition]
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.synchondrosis
(sĭng′kŏn-drō′sĭs, sĭn′-)n. pl. synchondro·ses (-sēz)
A form of articulation in which the bones are rigidly fused by cartilage.
synchondrosis
[sing′kondrō′sis] pl. synchondroses
Etymology: Gk, syn + chondros, cartilage
a cartilaginous joint creating a union between two immovable bones, such as the synchondroses of the cranium, the pubic symphysis, the sternum, and the manubrium.
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Synchondroses
syn·chon·dro·sis
, pl. synchondroses (sin'kon-drō'sis, -sēz) [TA]A union between two bones formed either by hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage.
Synonym(s): synchondrodial joint.
Synonym(s): synchondrodial joint.
[syn- + chondros, cartilage, + -osis, condition]
synchondrosis
A SYNARTHROSIS in which the bones are joined by a layer of cartilage.synchondrosis
hyaline or fibrocartilaginous union between two bones, causing marked range of motion reductionsyn·chon·dro·sis
, pl. synchondroses (sin'kon-drō'sis, -sēz) [TA]A union between two bones formed either by hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage.
Synonym(s): synchondrodial joint.
Synonym(s): synchondrodial joint.
[syn- + chondros, cartilage, + -osis, condition]
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.
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.