synostosis
/ˌsɪnɒˈstəʊsɪs
/noun (plural synostoses /ˌsɪnɒˈstəʊsiːz/) [mass noun] Physiology & Medicine
The union or fusion of adjacent bones by the growth of bony substance, either as a normal process during growth or as the result of ankylosis.Isolated sagittal synostosis, premature fusion of the sagittal suture, is the most common type of craniosynostosis and accounts for 56% to 58% of reported cases....
- Familial nonsyndromic craniosynostosis, which affects 2 to 6 percent of infants with sagittal synostosis and 8 to 14 percent of infants with coronal synostosis, is transmitted as an autosomal dominant disorder.
- There may be partial or complete fusion of a suture, but a short segment of synostosis often produces the same deformity as a complete fusion.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from syn- 'together' + Greek osteon 'bone' + -osis.
- pull oneself together
- pull one's head in
- pull (one's) punches
- pull one's socks up
- pull one's weight
- pull (or bring) a rabbit out of the (or a) hat
- pull (or drag) oneself up by one's (own) bootstraps
- pullorum
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- pull out
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- pull over
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- pull-quote
- pull rank
- pull round
- pull someone over
- pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire
- pull someone's leg
- pull someone/thing in
- pull someone/thing to pieces
- pull someone up
- pull something down
- pull something off