Also 7–8 sysarcosis. [mod.L., a. Gr. συσσάρκωσις, f. συσσαρκοῦν to unite by flesh, cover over with flesh, f. σύν SYN- + σάρξ flesh.]
1. Anat. The union of bones by means of intervening muscle.
1676. Wiseman, Chirurg. Treat., VII. ii. 479.
1726. Monro, Anat. Bones, 267. The Scapula … is connected by Sysarcosis to the Head, Vertebræ, Ribs and Os Hyoides.
1835–6. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., I. 257.
2. Path. and Surg. The healing of a wound by granulation or the formation of new flesh.
1753. Chambers’ Cycl. Supp., Syssarcosis … is also used … to express a method of curing wounds of the head … by means of promoting the granulation, as it is called, or growth of new flesh.
1767. [see SYMPHYSIS 1 c].
