synostosis

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin; by surface analysis, syn- +‎ ost(eo)- +‎ -osis. === Noun === synostosis (countable and uncountable, plural synostoses) (physiology) The healthy fusion of adjacent bones by the growth of a bony material. Coordinate term: synarthrosis normal human cranial synostosis (pathology) The abnormal bony fusion of a joint. Synonym: synosteosis Hypernyms: dysostosis < disease < condition Hyponyms: craniosynostosis, radioulnar synostosis, syndactyly ==== Related terms ====