GINGLYMOID JOINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ginglymoid joint mean? 

• GINGLYMOID JOINT (noun)
  The noun GINGLYMOID JOINT has 1 sense:

1. a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane

  Familiarity information: GINGLYMOID JOINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GINGLYMOID JOINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ginglymoid joint; ginglymus; hinge joint

Hypernyms ("ginglymoid joint" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ginglymoid joint"):

articulatio genus; genu; human knee; knee; knee joint (hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella)

articulatio cubiti; cubital joint; cubitus; elbow; elbow joint; human elbow (hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped)

interphalangeal joint (any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers or toes)