‖ harmonia Anat.
(hɑːˈməʊnɪə)
[L. harmonia, a. Gr. ἁρµονία joining, joint, agreement, harmony, etc.; in Galen, ‘the union of two bones by mere apposition’. See also harmony.]
A kind of suture in which the two bones are apposed to each other by plane or nearly plane surfaces.
| 1657 Physical Dict., Harmonia, is the juncture of a bone by a line. 1842 E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. (ed. 2) 41 The Harmonia suture is the simple apposition of contiguous surfaces. 1881 Mivart Cat 121 The adjoined even edges form what is termed an harmonia or false suture. |