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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A joint in which a section of a cylinder of one bone fits into a corresponding cavity on the other, permitting rotating movement, as in the proximal articulation between the radius and ulna.
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- noun a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation
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