Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several types of bone articulation permitting free motion in a joint, as that of the shoulder or hip.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, that articulation of bones which leaves them free to move in some or any direction; free, as distinguished from fixed, arthrosis; thorough-joint: applied both to the joints themselves and to the motion resulting from such mechanism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion; a complete joint; abarticulation. See
articulation .
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- noun anatomy A
joint that can move freely in various planes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a joint so articulated as to move freely
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In a considerable part of their extent, especially in advanced life, they are separated by a space containing a synovia-like fluid, and hence the joint presents the characteristics of a diarthrosis.
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The incudomalleolar joint is a saddle-shaped diarthrosis; it is surrounded by an articular capsule, and the joint cavity is incompletely divided into two by a wedge-shaped articular disk or meniscus.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 3. The Auditory Ossicles 1918
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Although coracoclavicular diarthrosis is of no significance other than academic, it is important to recognize this variation and the clinical symptoms that may occur, as it is a cause of shoulder pain and arthritis in this or the adjacent sternoclavicular and acromioclavicular joint.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Marios-Efstathios Stavrakas a Georgios Paraskevas 2009
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