syndesmosis

English

syndesmosis (plural syndesmoses)

(anatomy) A slightly movable articulation or joint where the contiguous bony surfaces are rough and are united by an interosseous ligament (e.g. between the fibula and tibia at the ankle).
- 2009 August 19, Russell Gould, “Storm dismisses any talk of Greg Inglis returning”, in Herald Sun‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 August 2009:
  He was diagnosed with syndesmosis in his left ankle, the same injury that cost Ryan Hoffman a place in last year's grand final.

“syndesmosis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“syndesmosis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Maurice A. (Toby) Arnold ((Can we date this quote?)) “Arnold's Glossary of Anatomy”, in Anatomy and Histology

From Ancient Greek σύνδεσμος (súndesmos, “that which binds together”) +‎ -ωσῐς (-ōsis, “state, condition”) or σῠνδέσμωσῐς (sundésmōsis).

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sin.desˈmo.sis/, [sin̪d̪ezˈmɔːs̬is]

syndesmōsis f (genitive syndesmōsis or syndesmōseōs or syndesmōsios); third declension (New Latin)

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	syndesmōsis	syndesmōsēs syndesmōseis
genitive	syndesmōsis syndesmōseōs syndesmōsios	syndesmōsium
dative	syndesmōsī	syndesmōsibus
accusative	syndesmōsim syndesmōsin syndesmōsem¹	syndesmōsēs syndesmōsīs
ablative	syndesmōsī syndesmōse¹	syndesmōsibus
vocative	syndesmōsis syndesmōsi	syndesmōsēs syndesmōseis

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

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