1848 Dunglison Med. Lex. (ed. 7)s.v. Ophthalmia,Ophthalmia membranorum Conjunctivitis,..*Syndesmitis. [ = ]
Ibid. ,Syndesmitis..inflammation of articular ligaments.
1891 Cent. Dict. ,*Syndesmodontoid adj.
1901 Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 2),Syndesmo-odontoid, the posterior of the two atlo-axoid articulations formed between the anterior surface of the transverse ligament and the back of the odontoid process.
1799 Med. Jrnl. II. 400Elements of Myology and *Syndesmology.
1831 R. Knox Cloquet'sAnat. 8The study of anatomy is commonly divided..into several distinct branches,..Osteology..Syndesmology . [ etc.]
1957 in Dorland'sMed. Dict. (ed. 23),*Syndesmophyte.
1966 E. W. Boland in J. L. Hollander Arthritis (ed. 7) v. xxxix. 648/1In contrast to the marginal, heavy osteophytes of degenerative disease of the spine, the syndesmophytes of ankylosing spondylitis begin as linear, poorly defined calcifications adjacent to the margins of the vertebral bodies.
1980 Bluestone & Katich in R. Bluestone Rheumatology xxiii. 284 (caption)Note mature syndesmophytes outlining annulus of several disks and bridging vertebral bodies.
1726 Monro Anat. Bones 321The Rotula..is connected to the Tibia by a strong *Syndesmosis.
1885 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. I. 200/1False, fibrous, or incomplete, anchylosis (syndesmosis) may be either intra-articular or extra-articular.
1844 Dunglison Med. Lex. (1848),*Syndesmotomy.., dissection of the ligaments.
1888 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VI. 778/1Syndesmotomy, or the subcutaneous division of ligaments, is employed..in the reduction of old dislocations.
ORIGIN: from Greek sundesmos binding, ligament, from sun- syn- + desmos bond, connection: see -o- .
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