Schindylesis Health Dictionary

Schindylesis: From 1 Different Sources


n. a form of *synarthrosis (immovable joint) in which a crest of one bone fits into a groove of another.

schisis combining form denoting a cleft or split.

Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Synarthrosis

n. an immovable joint in which the bones are united by fibrous tissue. Examples are the cranial *sutures. See also gomphosis; schindylesis.... synarthrosis



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