Ginglymus definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GIN'GLYMUS, n. [Gr.] In ... to admit only of flexion and extension, is called angular ginglymus. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a freely moving ... to allow extensive movement in one plane [syn: hinge joint, ginglymus, ginglymoid joint] Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. ginglymi) Anat. a ... mod.L f. Gk gigglumos hinge Webster's 1913 Dictionary Ginglymus Gin"gly*mus, n.; pl. Ginglymi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a ...
... to allow extensive movement in one plane [syn: hinge joint, ginglymus, ginglymoid joint] 2: a joint allowing movement in one plane ... winds . . . but rushed abroad. --Milton. Hinge joint. (a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus. (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two ...
... Gin"gly*moid, Ginglymoidal Gin`gly*moid"al, a. [Gr. ?; ? ginglymus + ? form: cf. F. ginglymoide, ginglymo["i]dal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform.
... socket joint; arthrodia, which is the same, but more superficial; ginglymus, or hinge-like joint; and trochoid, or the wheel and ... diarthrosis) includes hinge joints, admitting motion in one plane only (ginglymus), ball and socket joints (enarthrosis), pivot and rotation joints, etc ...
... Gin"gly*moid, Ginglymoidal Gin`gly*moid"al, a. [Gr. ?; ? ginglymus + ? form: cf. F. ginglymoide, ginglymo["i]dal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform.