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A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws.

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  1. n. A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws.
  2. A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws.
  3. A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part isreceived into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws.
  4. n. A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws.