syssarcosis
noun
sys·sar·co·sis
ˌsisärˈkōsə̇s
plural syssarcoses
-ōˌsēz
: the junction of two or more bones by means of attached muscles (such as the scapula with the thorax or the hyoid with the mandible and sternum)
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek syssarkōsis fact of being overgrown with flesh, from syssarkousthai to be overgrown with flesh also (from syn- + sarkousthai, passive of sarkoun to make fleshy, grow fleshy, from sark-, sarx flesh) + -sis