Schindylesis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Schindylesis \Schin`dy*le"sis\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a splitting
     into fragments.] (Anat.)
     A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a
     groove or slit in another.
     [1913 Webster]