DIARTHROSIS


Meaning of DIARTHROSIS in English

|dī+ noun

( plural diarthroses )

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek diarthrōsis, from diarthroun to joint, articulate (from dia- + arthroun to fasten by a joint, from arthron joint) + -sis — more at arthr-

: a form of articulation that permits considerable change in position and spatial relationship between the articulated parts : a freely movable joint (as the arthrodia, the ginglymus, the pivot joint, the condyloid joint, the enarthrosis)

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