a type of joint in which the articulating bones are held together by a ligament of connective tissue
Derived forms
syndesmotic (ˌsɪndɛsˈmɒtɪk)
adjective
Word origin
New Latin, from Greek sundein to bind together; see syndesis
Examples of 'syndesmoses' in a sentence
syndesmoses
Natural symmetry exists in uninjured syndesmoses.
Daniel Hoopes MD, MS, Bruce Sangeorzan MD, William Ledoux PhD, Connor Pihl MD, BS,Kylie Edinger BSc(Med), Matthew Kindig MSc 2017, '3D CT Analysis of Distal Tibiofibular Syndesmosis Symmetry', Foot & Ankle Orthopaedicshttps://doi.org/10.1177/2473011417S000049. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
As a result, the widened syndesmoses at 2 weeks changed to reduced syndesmoses at 1 year.
Seiji Kimura MD, Satoshi Yamaguchi MD, PhD 2018, 'Comparison of Time-dependent Changes in Syndesmotic Reduction Between Suture-buttonand Screw Fixation for Ankle Malleolar Fractures with Tibiofibular Diastasis', Foot & Ankle Orthopaedicshttps://doi.org/10.1177/2473011418S00293. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)