symphyseotome

[Eng. symphysis (q.v.), and Gr. tome =a cutting.] Surg.: A knife used in the Sigaultian section. sym-phyş-ě-ot-o-mỹ, s. [SYMPHYSEOTOME.] Surg.: The Sigaultian section (q. v.). sym-phy-sis, s. [Gr. a growing together: sym, for syn together, and physis a growing; phyō -to grow.] 1. Anat .: The union of two bones, in which there is little or no motion. 2. Bot .: The growing together or union of two parts. sym-phyt-Ism, s. [Greek symphyō -to grow to gether.] [SYMPHYSIS.] Philol.: A term applied by Earle to a tendency, in that cla of words called by him symbolic, to attach themselves to other words, so that the resulting compound is either really one word, or presents the appearance of being one word. Symphyt ism is of two kinds, (1) Particle-composition and (2) Flexion. (1) Particle - composition is when the old negative ne coalesces with the verb; thus, nelt for ne wilt , nam for ne am, not ne wot . Also when the particle a coalesces with a noun; as, a winter =in the winter, or with an adjective, as abroad , around , along . (2) Flexion is when a change of this kind gives any word a grammatical flexibility, a faculty of changing its relative office, a parsing value; as, theech- thee ic=so may I prosper (A. S. the on to prosper ). ( Earle : Philology of the English Tongue , sym-phỹ-tăm, s. [Greek symphyton =comfrey (see def.); symphytos grown together. Named from its supposed vulnerary qualities.] Bot.: Comfrey, a genus of Boraginacese, tribe Anchusee. Hispid plants, with the cauline leaves se ile or decurrent; the inflorescence in terminal 3973 forked cymes; calyx five-partite or five-toothed; corolla tubular, enlarged upward, its throat closed with connivent, lanceolate, subulate scales; stamens five; nutlets four, ovoid, smooth. Known species, fifteen, from America, Europe and the West of Asia. (COMFREY, (1), (5).] S. orientale, the Eastern, and S. asperrimum , the Roughest Comfrey, are found, but not wild, in European shrubberies.