单词 | symphysis |
释义 | symphysisn. 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1578 |
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