syncretio

Development of adhesion between inflamed opposing surfaces. [Mod. L., fr. G. synkretizo, to unite the Cretan cities, reanalyzed as fr. syn- + L. cresco, pp. cretum, to grow]

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syn·cre·tio (sin-kreґshe-o) [L.] a growing together or adhesion, as between inflamed serous surfaces in contact.