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单词 symphysis
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symphysisn.

/ˈsɪmfɪsɪs/
Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek σύμϕυσις a growing together, especially of the bones, < σύν sym- prefix + ϕύσις growth.
1.
a. Anatomy and Zoology. The union of two bones or skeletal elements originally separate, either by fusion of the bony substance (synostosis) or by intervening cartilage (synchondrosis); the part, or line of junction, where this takes or has taken place: used esp. of such union of two similar bones on opposite sides of the body in the median line, as that of the pubic bones (symphysis pubis) or of the two halves of the lower jawbone (s. mandibulæ or menti).
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > types of joint > [noun]
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. 4 That kynde of coniunction of bones, that is called Symphysis: as when they are so vnited together that they haue motion neither manifest, nor obscure.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. vi. xlii. 242 These bones are composed after two sorts, that is, by Arthron..and by Symphysis.
1779 Monthly Rev. 60 61 The room gained by slitting the Symphysis of the Pubis will not, in many cases, allow the child's head to pass.
1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 433 The two portions of the lower jaw, instead of terminating at the symphisis [sic], where they join, become two thin plates, and are continued forwards.
a1856 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator (1861) 317 The fourth tooth of the under jaw, reckoning from the symphysis.
1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds ii. 44 The two halves of the lower jaw in Ophidians..are not united by a bony symphysis, but by an elastic ligament.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 51 Except in Rhea, the ischia [in birds] never form any symphysis; nor do the pubic bones, except in Struthio Camelus.
b. Occasionally applied to a union or fusion, or a point or line of junction, of other parts either originally or normally separate.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun]
conjunctionc1374
jointurec1374
juncture1589
conjugation1605
syntax1615
injunction1643
colligation1651
togetherness1656
conjuncture1665
junction1711
symphysy1712
conjointment1814
jointedness1881
symphysis1891
knit1892
1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The symphysis of the optic nerves,..the symphysis of teeth with the jaw.
1913 W. A. N. Dorland Med. Dict. (at cited word) Cardiac s[ymphysis], adhesion of the parietal and visceral layers of the pericardium.
c. Surgery. (See quots.) Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > [noun] > uniting fractures, wounds, etc.
consolidationc1400
consoudingc1400
conglutination?1541
first intention1543
glutination1607
consolidating1654
synthesis1706
symphysis1767
1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 160 We see what wounds are curable by Symphysis, and what by Syssarcosis.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Symphysis,..2. In surgery, a coalescence of a natural passage; also, the first intention of cure in a wound.
2. Botany. Coalescence or fusion of parts of a plant normally distinct.
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the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [noun] > cohesion or adhesion
adhesion1808
adherence1818
cohesion1835
symphysis1866
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Symphysis, a growing together.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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