ARTICULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does articular mean? 

• ARTICULAR (adjective)
  The adjective ARTICULAR has 1 sense:

1. relating to or affecting the joints of the body

  Familiarity information: ARTICULAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTICULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or affecting the joints of the body

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

articular; articulary

Context example:

articular disease

Pertainym:

articulation ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))

Derivation:

articulation ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))

 Context examples 

A noninflammatory degenerative joint disease occurring chiefly in older persons, characterised by degeneration of the articular cartilage, hypertrophy of bone at the margins and changes in the synovial membrane.

(Osteoarthritis, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of osteochondritis in which articular cartilage and associated bone becomes partially or totally detached to form joint loose bodies.

(Osteochondritis Dissecans, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Administration to periosteum, the thick, fibrous membrane covering the entire surface of a bone except its articular cartilage and the areas where it attaches to tendons and ligaments.

(Periosteal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome, Muckle-Wells syndrome, and chronic infantile neurological cutaneous and articular syndrome.

(NLRP3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The facet joint links the articular process of one vertebra and the inferior articular process of the adjacent vertebra.

(Facet Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

A neoplasm arising from the bone or articular cartilage that does not invade adjacent tissues or metastasize to other anatomic sites.

(Benign Bone Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The thicker sections of the fibrous membrane of the articular capsule surrounding synovial joints.

(Capsular Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)

Arthritis associated with the destruction of the cartilage and the articular surface of the bone of the joint.

(Destructive Arthritis, NCI Thesaurus)

The posterior projection from the body of a vertebra that encloses the vertebral foramen; it consists of paired pedicles and laminae; the spinous, transverse, and articular processes arise from the arch. In aggregate, the venous arches-and the ligamenta flava that unite them-form the posterior wall of the vertebral (spinal) canal.

(Arch of the Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle originating from the transverse processes of the upper thoracic vertebrae and the articular processes of the lower cervical vertebrae which inserts into the mastoid process acting to keep the head upright and to move it backward or to one side.

(Longissimus Capitis, NCI Thesaurus)