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noun (symphyses)
  1. The process of two, originally separate bones growing together as the mammalian subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
  2. A line discernable on x-ray showing such fusion.
  3. The cartilagenous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, with or without synovia.

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