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Dysostosis vs Synostosis - What's the difference?

dysostosis | synostosis | Hypernyms |

Synostosis is a hyponym of dysostosis.

Synostosis is a hypernym of dysostosis.



In medicine terms the difference between dysostosis and synostosis

is that dysostosis is a disorder of the development of bone while synostosis is the abnormal development of a joint.

dysostosis

English

Noun

(dysostoses)
  • (medicine) A disorder of the development of bone.

    • Coordinate terms

    *osteochondrodysplasia

    Hyponyms

    *synostosis

    synostosis

    English

    Noun

    (synostoses)
  • (medicine) The abnormal development of a joint.
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    Hypernyms

    *dysostosis

    Hyponyms

    *craniosynostosis *radio-ulnar synostosis *syndactyly