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Webster 1913 Edition
Ginglymus
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Gin′gly-mus
,Noun.
pl.
Ginglymi
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. [NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a hingelike joint, a ball and socket joint.]
(Anat.)
A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ginglymus
GIN'GLYMUS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
ginglymus
ginglymus
English
Noun
ginglymus (plural ginglymi)
- (anatomy) A hinge joint.
- 1702, de La Vauguion, A Compleat Body of Chirurgical Operations, Containing The Whole Practice of Surgery, 2nd edition, page 408:
- The Bones of the Fingers are articulated by Ginglymus, and are fifteen in each Hand.
- 1723, James Keill, The Anatomy of the Human Body Abridg'd, or A Short and full View of all the Parts of the Body, 7th edition, pages 224–225:
- The Ginglymus is, when a Bone receives and is received; and the Property of this Sort of Articulation is to admit only of the Motions of the Flexion and Extension: It is called by Tradesmen Charnall, and it is commonly used in Hinges.
- 1702, de La Vauguion, A Compleat Body of Chirurgical Operations, Containing The Whole Practice of Surgery, 2nd edition, page 408:
Translations
hinge joint — see hinge joint