Vocabulary : Symphyla to Symploce

Symphyla : An order of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and true insects.
Symphyseal : Of or pertaining to to symphysis.
Symphyseotomy : The operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purpose of facilitating labor; -- formerly called the Sigualtian section.
Symphyses : of Symphysis
Symphysis : An articulation formed by intervening cartilage; as, the pubic symphysis. ;; The union or coalescence of bones; also, the place of union or coalescence; as, the symphysis of the lower jaw. Cf. Articulation.

Symphysotomy : Symphyseotomy.
Symphytism : Coalescence; a growing into one with another word.
Sympiesometer : A sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure of the atmosphere, acting upon a liquid, as oil, in the lower portion of the instrument, compresses an elastic gas in the upper part.
Symplectic : Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium. ;; The symplectic bone.
Symploce : The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth.

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