SYNOSTOSIS Synonyms

• abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint

• the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

• the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

• expressing in coherent verbal form

• (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

• the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible

• the act of blending components together thoroughly

• a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades

• a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

• the state of being connected

• an instrumentality that connects

• (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a connecting shape

• a supplier (especially of narcotics)

• shifting from one form of transportation to another

• the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

• a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

• a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

• the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

• an occurrence that involves the production of a union

• the state of being combined into one body

• the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words

• a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

• the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept

• correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization

• the act of fusing (or melting) together

• consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body

• learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself

• including by incorporating

• the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community

• the act of combining into an integral whole

• an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined

• the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

• an event that occurs at a critical time

• a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made

• the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

• an associative relation

• (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)

• a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion

• the act of linking things together

• of trade unions

• an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

• the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

• the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

• the state of being joined or united or linked

• the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

• healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones

• a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations

• a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

• the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts

• a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)

• the act of making or becoming a single unit

• being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War