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GINGLYMUS (ginglymi)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ginglymus mean?
• GINGLYMUS (noun)
The noun GINGLYMUS 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: GINGLYMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("ginglymus" 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 "ginglymus"):
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)
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