Gom-phō'sis, n.

n. [Gr. γομφούν, properly to fasten with bolts or nails, γόμφος, bolt, nail; Fr. gom-phose.] (Anat.) An immovable articulation in which one bone is received into another like a nail or peg into its hole. It is only met with in the articulations of the teeth with their sockets.

Dunglison.