ARTICULATIO TROCHOIDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does articulatio trochoidea mean? 

• ARTICULATIO TROCHOIDEA (noun)
  The noun ARTICULATIO TROCHOIDEA has 1 sense:

1. a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation

  Familiarity information: ARTICULATIO TROCHOIDEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTICULATIO TROCHOIDEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

articulatio trochoidea; pivot joint; rotary joint; rotatory joint

Context example:

the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint

Hypernyms ("articulatio trochoidea" is a kind of...):

articulatio synovialis; diarthrosis; synovial joint (a joint so articulated as to move freely)