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syn·os·to·sis

 (sĭn′ŏs-tō′sĭs)
n. pl. syn·os·to·ses (-sēz)
The fusion of normally separate skeletal bones.
[syn- + Greek osteon, bone; see ost- in Indo-European roots + -osis.]
syn′os·tot′ic (-tŏt′ĭk) adj.

synostosis

(ˌsɪnɒsˈtəʊsɪs)
n
(Anatomy) anatomy the (normal or abnormal) fusion of adjacent bones

syn•os•to•sis

(ˌsɪn ɒˈstoʊ sɪs)

n., pl. -ses (-sēz).
the union of separate bones into a single bone.
[1840–50; contraction of synosteosis]
Translations

syn·os·to·sis

, synosteosis
n. sinostosis, union ósea entre dos huesos adyacentes;
senile ___ → ___ senil;
tribacillary ___ → ___ tribacilar.
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All three patients had solid distal syndesmostic synostoses at final follow-up.
Distraction osteogenesis of the fibula to correct ankle valgus in multiple hereditary exostoses
Type 3 synostoses are further divided into three different subgroups: type 3A, which affects the proximal third of the forearm without involving the articular surface and is treated as type 2; type 3B, where only the radioulnar joint involved is treated with the excision of the radial head; type 3C, where the radiohumeral joint is involved and, consequently, the treatment is an arthroplasty [4, 5].
Surgical Treatment of Posttraumatic Radioulnar Synostosis
Anomalies of the ribs such as congenital absence of ribs with costal cartilages, increase or decrease in their number, synostoses between any two ribs from first to tenth or any of the first seven ribs can be bifid (2).
Multiple bifid ribs: a case report
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