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Symphysis

noun
(pl. symphyses)
1.
An abnormal adhesion of two or more structures.
2.
A growing together of parts or structures.





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... most striking feature is the extreme lordosis, accompanied usually by a secondary and compensatory curve in the cervico-dorsal region, so that the shoulders are rounded, with the head poked forward. Viewed from in front the abdomen is seen to be prominent, overhanging the symphysis pubis, while the shoulders have receded far backwards. The scapulae have been dragged apart, as though by the weight of the dependent arms, with eversion of their vertebral borders and lowering of the points of the ...
— The Nervous Child • Hector Charles Cameron


Words linked to "Symphysis" :   biological process, adhesion, organic process


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