coadjust

verb

coadjust

verb

Etymology From co- + adjust.

1

To adjust by mutual adaptations.

  • The tarsal and metatarsal bones are coadjusted so as to form arches both lengthwise and across, and receive the superincumbent weight from the tibia on the summit of a bony vault1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:

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