Dysostosis vs Synostosis - What's the difference?
dysostosis | synostosis | Hypernyms |
(medicine) A disorder of the development of bone.
(medicine) The abnormal development of a joint.
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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
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(dysostoses)Coordinate terms
*osteochondrodysplasiaHyponyms
*synostosissynostosis
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