schindylesis
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek σχινδύλησις (skhindúlēsis, “a splitting into fragments”).
Noun
[edit]schindylesis (countable and uncountable, plural schindyleses)
- (anatomy) A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]- French: schindylèse (fr) f
References
[edit]- “schindylesis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.