Medical Definition of Wedge-and-groove suture

1. A form of fibrous joint in which the sharp edge of one bone is received in a cleft in the edge of the other, as in the articulation of the vomer with the rostrum of the sphenoid. Synonym: schindylesis, schindyletic joint, wedge-and-groove suture. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wedge-and-groove Suture

wedel
wedeled
wedeling
wedeln
wedelned
wedelning
wedelns
wedeloside
wedels
Wedensky effect
Wedensky facilitation
Wedensky inhibition
wedge
wedge
wedge-and-groove joint
wedge-and-groove suture (current term)
wedge-shaped
wedge-shaped
wedge-shaped fasciculus
wedge-shaped tubercle
wedge-shell
wedge-tailed
wedgebill
wedged
wedgelike
wedges
wedge biopsy
wedge bone
wedge bone
wedge heel

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