synostosis

From syn- + Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + -osis.

synostosis (countable and uncountable, plural synostoses)

1. (physiology) The fusion of adjacent bones by the growth of a bony material
2. (pathology) The abnormal development of a joint.
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     Conditions such as those are known collectively as single suture synostosis.

• dysostosis

• craniosynostosis
• radio-ulnar synostosis
• syndactyly