See Also: syndesmo-(medicine)
syndesmo-(dictionary)

syndesmo- (iou)



syndesmo- combining form. Before a vowel also syndesm-.
[from Greek sundesmos binding, ligament, from sun- SYN- + desmos bond, connection: see -O-.]
Anatomy & Medicine. Of or pertaining to connective tissue, esp. ligaments.
syndes'mology noun the branch of anatomy that deals with ligaments L18.
syndesmophyte noun a bony outgrowth from an injured joint, esp. one between vertebrae leading to spinal rigidity M20.
syndes'mosis noun, pl. -moses , (a joint characterized by) the joining of two bones immovably by a ligament L16.
syndes'motic adjective of the nature of or pertaining to (a) syndesmosis L19.