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syssarcosis

noun
sys·​sar·​co·​sis | \ ˌsisärˈkōsə̇s\
plural syssarcoses\ -​ōˌsēz \

Definition of syssarcosis

: 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)

History and Etymology for syssarcosis

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

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