synchondrosis

Borrowed from New Latin synchondrōsis, equivalent to syn- +‎ chondro- +‎ -osis.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsɪŋ.kɒnˈdɹəʊ.sɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɪnˌkɑnˈdɹoʊ.sɪs/
• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

synchondrosis (plural synchondroses)

1. (anatomy) A form of only slightly-moveable articulation between bones joined by hyaline cartilage, as in the spinal vertebrae.

• “synchondrosis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “synchondrosis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Maurice A. (Toby) Arnold ((Can we date this quote?)) “Arnold's Glossary of Anatomy”, in Anatomy and Histology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠγχόνδρωσῐς (sŭnkhóndrōsĭs, “junction of two bones by cartilage”), from σῠγ- (sŭg-, “with, together”) +‎ χόνδρος (khóndros, “gristle, cartilage”) +‎ -ωσῐς (-ōsĭs, “state, condition”).

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [siŋ.kon̪ˈd̪rɔː.s̬is]

synchondrōsis f (genitive synchondrōsis or synchondrōseōs or synchondrōsios); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) A .

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

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