Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or characterized by an arthrodia.
- Of or pertaining to arthrosis; concerned in the jointing or articulation of parts, especially of limbs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to arthrodia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
arthrodia or to anarthrosis
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Examples
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But there comes a time when the old fellow succumbs to his arthrodial trouble, and there is nothing for it but to send him to the binder that he may acquire a second youth.
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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These constitute a series of gliding or arthrodial joints, and are formed by the articulation of the heads of the typical ribs with the facets on the contiguous margins of the bodies of the thoracic vertebræ and with the intervertebral fibrocartilages between them; the first, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth ribs each articulate with a single vertebra.
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The acromioclavicular articulation is an arthrodial joint between the acromial end of the clavicle and the medial margin of the acromion of the scapula.
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The joints between the articular processes of the vertebræ belong to the arthrodial variety and are enveloped by capsules lined by synovial membranes; while the laminæ, spinous and transverse processes are connected by the following ligaments: 9
III. Syndesmology. 5. Articulations of the Trunk. a. Articulations of the Vertebral Column 1918
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The sternoclavicular articulation is a double arthrodial joint.
III. Syndesmology. 6. Articulations of the Upper Extremity. a. Sternoclavicular Articulation 1918
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This articulation is an arthrodial joint: the rounded head of the talus being received into the concavity formed by the posterior surface of the navicular, the anterior articular surface of the calcaneus, and the upper surface of the planter calcaneonavicular ligament.
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These also are arthrodial joints; the bones are connected by dorsal, volar, and interosseous ligaments.
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The articular portion of the tubercle of the rib forms with the articular surface on the adjacent transverse process an arthrodial joint.
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It is an arthrodial joint, and the two bones are connected by an articular capsule and by anterior, posterior, lateral, medial, and interosseous talocalcaneal ligaments.
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The joints between the carpus and the second, third, fourth, and fifth metacarpal bones are arthrodial.
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