symphysis

A growing together of bones originally separate, as of the two pubic bones or the two halves of the lower jawbone.

A line or junction thus formed.

An articulation in which bones are united by cartilage without a synovial membrane.

The coalescence of similar parts or organs.

In anatomy and zoology: The union or connection of bones in the middle line of the body, either by confluence, by direct apposition, or by the intervention of cartilage or ligament; also, the part, or configuration of parts, resulting from such union or connection.

Some point or line of union between two parts; a commissure; a chiasm: as, the symphysis of the optic nerves.

Attachment of one part to another; a growing together; insertion or gomphosis with union: as, the symphysis of teeth with the jaw. See acrodont, pleurodont.

Coalescence or growing together of parts so as to close a natural passage; atresia.

In botany, a coalescence or growing together of similar parts.