Diarthrosis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several types of bone articulation permitting free motion in a joint, as that of the shoulder or hip.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A joint that can move freely in various planes
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion; a complete joint; abarticulation. See articulation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a joint so articulated as to move freely
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