a. Anat. [f. Gr. σύν SYN- + -τροπος turning + -IC; cf. TROPIC.] Forming a series of similar parts pointing in the same direction, as ribs or vertebræ. So (in recent Dicts.) Syntrope, any one of such parts; Syntropy, condition of being syntropic.
18[?]. New York Med. Jrnl., XL. 114 (Cent. Dict.).
