Meaning & use
gomphoses
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Fibrous joints that anchor teeth into their sockets in the jawbone (plural of gomphosis).
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The dental anatomy lecture explained how gomphoses hold each tooth firmly in place.
Unlike most joints in the body, gomphoses allow almost no movement at all.
A note on using this word
The term comes from the Greek 'gomphos,' meaning a bolt or nail, aptly describing how a tooth is fixed into its socket like a peg driven into a hole.
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