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DIARTHROSIS
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Irregular inflected form: diarthroses
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A joint so articulated as to move freely
Synonyms:
articulatio synovialis; diarthrosis; synovial joint
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("diarthrosis" is a kind of...):
articulatio; articulation; joint ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diarthrosis"):
articulatio temporomandibularis; mandibular joint; temporomandibular joint (the joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone)
articulatio plana; gliding joint (a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions)
ginglymoid joint; ginglymus; hinge joint (a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane)
knuckle; knuckle joint; metacarpophalangeal joint (a joint of a finger when the fist is closed)
articulatio spheroidea; ball-and-socket joint; cotyloid joint; enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; spheroid joint (a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone)
articulatio trochoidea; pivot joint; rotary joint; rotatory joint (a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation)
