LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

syndesmōticus

syndesmōticus (feminine syndesmōtica, neuter syndesmōticum, adverb syndesmōticē)
Classical[syn.dɛsˈmoː.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[sin.dezˈmɔː.ti.kus]

Meaning

  1. New Latinadjectivesyndesmotic
    Uretrae pars anterior integra, in medio: incisio 1′^([sic]) pertinens; tela syndesmotica putride infiltrata; pars cavernosa uretrae incipiente mucosa in unius pollicis longitudinem callose degenerata, lumine coarctato, uno loco perforata est, unde canalis coecus dextro latere ad vesicam pertinet.1860, H. H. A. Lipkau, De thrombosi et embolia: Dissertatio inauguralis, Regimontum Pr.: typis academicis Dalkowskianis, “Therapia”, case III, pages 25–26:
    §. 35. Ossa manus. Metacarpi et phalangum anarthrosis syndesmotica. §. 35. The bones of the hand. The syndesmotic anarthrosis of the metacarpus and the phalanges.〃, chapter iv: «Extremitates», § 35, page 57, section title (entirely emboldened in the source)

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -ticus Latin syndesmōticus From syndesmō(sis) + -ticus.

Descendants
  • Englishsyndesmotic
  • GermanAnarthrosis syndesmotica

In English words that came into English from syndesmōticus

  • syndesmoticsyndesmōticus

Quick answers

What does syndesmōticus mean in Latin?
syndesmōticus, a adjective, means “syndesmotic”.
How do you pronounce syndesmōticus?
In classical Latin, [syn.dɛsˈmoː.tɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sin.dezˈmɔː.ti.kus].