Meaning

3 senses
  1. An articulation, especially one that permits free motion in the joint; a hinge joint.

  2. The act of dislocating a joint.

    dislocation of a joint

  3. A term sometimes used for diarthrosis, and also for synarthrosis. Also called dearticulation.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

* From ab- + articulation.

* From ab- + articulation.

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Forms

plural: abarticulations
Singularabarticulation
Pluralabarticulations

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
an articulation, especially one that permits free motion:diarthrosis

Word family

1 related words

See also

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