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fusion
Pronunciation (fyū′zhŭn)
- Liquefaction, as by melting by heat.
- Union, as by joining together, e.g., bone fusion.
- The blending of slightly different images from each eye into a single perception.
- The joining of two or more adjacent teeth during their development by a dentinal union. See also: concrescence
- Joining of two genes, often neighboring genes.
- The joining of two bones into a single unit, thereby obliterating motion between the two.
- The process in which two membranes are joined together.
[L. fusio, a pouring, fr. fundo, pp. fusus, to pour]
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