DIARTHROSIS (diarthroses)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: diarthroses   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does diarthrosis mean? 

• DIARTHROSIS (noun)
  The noun DIARTHROSIS has 1 sense:

1. a joint so articulated as to move freely

  Familiarity information: DIARTHROSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIARTHROSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A joint so articulated as to move freely

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

articulatio synovialis; diarthrosis; synovial joint

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)