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Definition of Fibrous joint
1. Noun. An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull).
Specialized synonyms: Coronal Suture, Sutura Coronalis, Frontal Suture, Sutura Frontalis, Intermaxillary Suture, Sutura Intermaxillaris, Internasal Suture, Sutura Internasalis, Lamboid Suture, Sutura Lamboidea, Occipitomastoid Suture, Parietomastoid Suture, Interparietal Suture, Sagittal Suture, Sutura Sagittalis
Generic synonyms: Articulatio, Articulation, Joint
Medical Definition of Fibrous joint
1. A union of two bones by fibrous tissue such that there is no joint cavity and almost no motion possible; the types of fibrous joints are sutures, syndesmoses, and gomphoses. Synonym: articulatio fibrosa, immovable joint, junctura fibrosa, synarthrodia, synarthrodial joint. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibrous Joint
Literary usage of Fibrous joint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1902)
"The result of the procedure is the formation of a fibrous joint, with the toe in
good position, and there is little or no ..."
2. A System of surgery: theoretical and practical v.5 by Timothy Holmes (1870)
"... and trust ;• the formation of a fibrous joint. Although these are the rules
for the treatment of such injuries generally laid down in modem surgical ..."
3. The Clinical Journal (1903)
"Is the spontaneous formation of a new joint possible—if it be a true joint ? No !
If it be an osteo-fibrous joint ? Yes ! But the chief obstacles to the ..."
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