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schindylesis

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Main Entry: schin·dy·le·sis
Pronunciation: "skin-d&-'lE-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural schin·dy·le·ses /-"sEz/
: an articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another
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schindylesis schin·dy·le·sis (skĭn'də-lē'sĭs)
n.
A fibrous joint in which the sharp edge of one bone is received into a cleft in the edge of the other, as in the articulation of the vomer with the rostrum of the sphenoid. Also called wedge-and-groove joint, wedge-and-groove suture.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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