UNION

n. U2n'yu3n. Gr., ecuo-is. Lat., unio (from unus, one). Fr., u. Ger., U., Verb in dung. The act or proce of conjoining.* two or more things, also the condition of being so conjoined. [E; a, 48.] Di olved u. A condition sometimes seen in fractures in which, callus having once formed and the fragments having been united, the reparative material subsequently di olves and disappears. [E, 4.] Primary u. See First INTENTION. Secondary u. See Second INTENTION. U. of granulations. See Third INTENTION. Vicious u. The condition of deformity following badly united fractures. [E.] UNI OVULAR, UNI OVULATE, adj's. Uan-ia-o2 al-a3r, -at. y'u From unus. one, and ovulum, a little egg. Ger., eineiig. Having a solitary ovule, [a, 35.] [s. 674]