Definitions

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  • adjective medicine, anatomy Exhibiting hypermobility; able to move further than usual, as of joints.
  • adjective informal Excessively mobile.

Etymologies

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hyper- +‎ mobile

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Examples

  • My physio says they're "hypermobile" - too flexible, and so prone to injury.

    Grumpy old trout, part two; or, Further Invisibility 2009

  • His hips appear to be the only hypermobile part of him though, except for his imagination.

    Illness, disability, ability, identity. Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • In these hypermobile times, new parents can't lean on the old support systems (extended families, the neighborhood coffee klatsch) for aid and advice.

    Tv's Spock Flock 2008

  • Jon Stock's chapter on stability confronts me with lay people living a radical stability even in our hypermobile culture.

    Inhabiting the Church: a Catholic response Fred 2007

  • Jon Stock's chapter on stability confronts me with lay people living a radical stability even in our hypermobile culture.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Fred 2007

  • "For a foot that is hypermobile, it can cause stress on the soft tissue," he says from Vancouver, citing the plantar fascia and peroneal tendons along the sides of the shins as targets for injury.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • "For a foot that is hypermobile, it can cause stress on the soft tissue," he says from Vancouver, citing the plantar fascia and peroneal tendons along the sides of the shins as targets for injury.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • Currently I have no diagnosis of what sort of problem this is, aside from the doctor saying that "Yes, you're hypermobile."

    Comments for Andrea's Buzzing About: andrea 2010

  • At the risk of sounding odd, I didn't even realise that I was hypermobile until someone pointed it out to me.

    Comments for Andrea's Buzzing About: andrea 2010

  • To fight a mobile enemy, we need to be hypermobile.

    Fabius Maximus 2009

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