gomphosisn.
/ɡɒmˈfəʊsɪs/ Anatomy.
A form of immovable articulation, in which one hard part (e.g. a tooth) is received into the cavity of another, as a peg or nail into its socket.
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seamc1050
commissure?a1425
arthrodia1565
commissary1577
gomphosis1578
inarticulation1578
suture1578
symphysis1578
synarthrosis1578
adarticulation1615
harmony1615
synchondrosis1615
enarthrosis1634
harmonia1657
mortise-articulation1658
ball and socket1664
synneurosis1676
syssarcosis1676
ginglymus1678
syndesmosis1726
ginglymus1733
hinge-joint1802
screw-joint1810
schindylesis1830
amphiarthrosis1835
pivot joint1848
synosteosis1848
synostosis1848
indigitation1849
screwed-surfaced joint1875
thorough-joint1889
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 13 The manner of their [teeth] situation in the iawes is named Gomphosis.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) Ep. Ded. Toothed bars, that answer one the other with a thorny gomphosis.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 155 The seeds of many pappous or downy flowers lockt up in sockets after a gomphosis or mortis-articulation.
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 157 The teeth are joined to the Sockets by Gomphosis.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 216 The..plates are..articulated by gomphosis to the..ribs.
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