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synostosis [3 records]

Record 1 2012-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

... the osseous union of bones that are normally distinct.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Union, par soudure osseuse, de deux os normalement séparés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
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Record 2 2002-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[...] il subsiste [chez les Crinoïdes], des articulations purement ligamentaires, [...] les «synostoses» [qui sont) caractérisées par des faces articulaires plates ou légèrement concaves.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
CONT

Complications consisted of a 0,74 per cent infection rate (osteitis), 2.2 per cent non-union, 1.5 per cent with a synostosis, 0 per cent refracture and 2.2 per cent migration of nails, combined with tendon rupture.

DEF

The union of adjacent connected bones or parts of a bone by ossification of the connecting tissues.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
CONT

Le taux de complications observées après les 136 embrochages multifasciculés a été faible : ostéites 0,74 p. 100, pseudarthroses 2,2 p. 100, fractures itératives 0 p. 100, synostoses 3 p. 100 (dont 2 cas, ou 1,5 p. 100, lors d'une combinaison embrochage pour un foyer et fixateur externe ou plaque pour l'autre).

DEF

(...) existence d'un pont osseux de la membrane interosseuse entre les deux os, bloquant totalement la pronosupination.

Spanish

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