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noun, plural sym·phy·ses 
[-seez] . Anatomy, Zoology.
[-seez] . Anatomy, Zoology. 1.
the growing together, or the fixed or nearly fixed union, of bones, as that of the two halves of the lower jaw in humans or of the pubic bones in the anterior part of the pelvic girdle.
2.
a line of junction or articulation so formed.
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symphysis sym·phy·sis (sĭm'fĭ-sĭs)
n. pl. sym·phy·ses (-sēz')
A form of cartilaginous joint in which union between two bones is effected by fibrocartilage without a synovial membrane.
A union, meeting point, or commissure of two structures.
A growing together of bones originally separate, as of the two pubic bones.
A line or junction thus formed.
A pathological adhesion or growing together.
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