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Webster 1913 Edition


Arthrodia


Ar-thro′di-a

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] well articulated;
ἄρθρον
a joint + [GREEK] shape.]
(Anat.)
A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket.

Webster 1828 Edition


Arthrodia

ARTHRO'DIA

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Noun.
[Gr. from to frame or articulate.]
1.
A species of articulation, in which the head of one bone is received into the shallow socket of another; as the humerus and the scapula.
2.
In natural history, a genus of imperfect crystals, found in complex masses, and forming long single pyramids, with very short and slender columns.

Definition 2024


arthrodia

arthrodia

English

Noun

arthrodia (plural arthrodias)

  1. (anatomy) A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket joint.
    • 1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, Pantologia
      The radius is connected [] to the carpus by arthrodia.

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