synostosis

Term: synostosis

Literally meaning: "bones together”

Origin: Anc Greek

>συν/syn(=together, with) 

+ οστέον/osteoν(=bone) > ο (accumulate) + ίστημι/istimi(stand)

+(-ωσις)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting “process” or “state”)

Coined/History

In 1830, by AW Otto (1888-1895) who recognized the first premature closure of sutures as a discrete clinical entity. 

Definition

Synostosis is the abnormal fusion of neighbor bones by the ossification of connecting tissues.