schindylesis
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek σχινδύλησις (skhindúlēsis, “a splitting into fragments”).
Noun
editschindylesis (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
editTranslations
edit- French: schindylèse (fr) f
References
edit- “schindylesis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.