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iunctio

iunctio is a Latin noun meaning joining, union, or junction. It derives from iungo, "to join," and is feminine, iunctio, iunctionis, used in classical and medieval Latin to denote the act or result of joining two elements, whether physical, conceptual, or relational.

In anatomy and medicine, iunctio may refer to a junction between parts, a usage seen in older

The term has left a mark on English through cognates and loan translations, most clearly in the

or
more
technical
texts.
In
modern
medical
Latin,
the
term
for
a
joint
is
typically
articulatio,
while
iunctio
may
appear
in
discussions
of
ligaments
or
general
connecting
points.
In
philosophy,
theology,
and
law,
iunctio
is
employed
to
express
the
notion
of
linking
or
union
between
entities,
ideas,
or
rights.
In
logic
and
rhetoric,
it
can
be
used
to
translate
"conjunction"
or
the
act
of
joining
terms,
though
writers
may
also
use
related
forms
such
as
coniunctio.
sense
of
a
junction
or
joining,
and
it
influenced
terms
that
describe
the
linkage
of
components
in
technical
vocabularies.
Today
iunctio
is
chiefly
encountered
in
linguistic
and
historical
discussions
of
Latin
vocabulary,
or
in
precise
philological
descriptions
of
classical
texts.