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Definition of: gomphosis
(gom·fō′sis) noun Anat.
An articulation or union by the firm implantation of one part in a socket situated in another, as the setting of teeth in the jaw or the styloid process in the temporal bone. [<NL <Gk. gomphos a bolt]
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