GLIDING JOINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gliding joint mean? 

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

1. a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLIDING JOINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

articulatio plana; gliding joint

Hypernyms ("gliding 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 "gliding joint"):

ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint (a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus)

articulatio radiocarpea; carpus; radiocarpal joint; wrist; wrist joint (a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones)

 Context examples 

A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.

(Ankle Joint, NCI Thesaurus)