Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fusion of normally separate skeletal bones.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
synosteosis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
synosteosis .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The abnormal development of a
joint .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Multiple suture synostosis occurs when all the sutures are fused.
The Beauty of Love Laura Posada 2010
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A: The most common kind of synostosis is when the middle of the skull—the sagittal suture—is fused.
The Beauty of Love Laura Posada 2010
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In these complex cases, synostosis of multiple sutures, including those in the facial skeleton, will indicate the need for facial surgery as well in order to improve breathing, protect the eyes, and keep the teeth in better alignment.
The Beauty of Love Laura Posada 2010
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Lamboidal synostosis is perhaps the most rare form of simple craniosynostosis.
The Beauty of Love Laura Posada 2010
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The structural demands of the proposed surgery vary according to the specific type of synostosis.
The Beauty of Love Laura Posada 2010
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The lumbar region is most frequently affected, and the X-rays reveal inflammatory changes in the bones, disappearance of the discs, and, in the later stages, deposits of new bone leading to synostosis of adjacent vertebræ.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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The Fgfr2+/P253R mice presented with synostosis in coronal suture and proximate fronts with disorganized cellularity in sagittal and lambdoid sutures.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Yingli Wang 2010
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Conditions such as those are known collectively as single suture synostosis.
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Louis was born on 25 October 2008 and diagnosed with a metopic synostosis at Great Ormond Street earlier this year.
This Is Guernsey 2009
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He was diagnosed with kidney disease and cranial synostosis.
Toronto Sun 2009
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