| ARTHRODESIS | • arthrodesis n. (Medicine, surgery) The surgical fusion of a joint between two or more bones so that the joint can no… • ARTHRODESIS n. the surgical immobilization of a joint so that the bones grow solidly together.
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| DESIS | • desis n. Plural of desi. • Desis n. Plural of Desi.
 • -desis suff. (Medicine) Binding, fusion.
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| DESIST | • desist v. (Transitive, intransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from). • DESIST v. to cease doing something.
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| DESISTANCE | • desistance n. (Rare) The act or state of desisting; cessation. • DESISTANCE n. the act or state of desisting, also DESISTENCE.
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| DESISTANCES | • desistances n. Plural of desistance. • DESISTANCE n. the act or state of desisting, also DESISTENCE.
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| DESISTED | • desisted v. Simple past tense and past participle of desist. • DESIST v. to cease doing something.
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| DESISTENCE | • desistence n. The act of desisting, especially desisting from criminal activity. • DESISTENCE n. the act or state of desisting, also DESISTANCE.
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| DESISTENCES | • desistences n. Plural of desistence. • DESISTENCE n. the act or state of desisting, also DESISTANCE.
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| DESISTING | • desisting v. Present participle of desist. • DESIST v. to cease doing something.
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| DESISTS | • desists v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desist. • DESIST v. to cease doing something.
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| DIAPEDESIS | • diapedesis n. The migration of blood cells, especially leucocytes, through the intact walls of blood vessels into… • DIAPEDESIS n. the migration of white blood corpuscles through the walls of the blood vessels without apparent rupture.
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| GEODESIST | • geodesist n. A person who works with or studies geodetics. • GEODESIST n. one versed in geodesy, the branch of mathematics that deals with the shape and area of the earth.
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| GEODESISTS | • geodesists n. Plural of geodesist. • GEODESIST n. one versed in geodesy, the branch of mathematics that deals with the shape and area of the earth.
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| PEDESIS | • pedesis n. Brownian motion. • PEDESIS n. (Greek) a Brownian movement.
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| SYNDESIS | • syndesis n. (Orthopedics, surgery) Synonym of arthrodesis (fusion of a joint between two or more bones). • syndesis n. (Cytology) Synapsis (association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes).
 • syndesis n. (Grammar) The use of a syndetic construction.
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| SYNDESISES | • SYNDESIS n. the point at which an impulse passes from one neuron to another, also SYNAPSIS. | 
| SYNEIDESIS | • SYNEIDESIS n. (obsolete) conscience as passing judgement on past acts. |