C2 noun #136,431 most common

The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.

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  • (noun) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
  • (noun) A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
  • (noun) The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, with or without synovia.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
  2. 2
    noun A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
  3. 3
    noun The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, with or without synovia.
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