symphysis

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

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