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diarthrosis Anat.|ˌdaɪɑːˈθrəʊsɪs| [f. di- prefix3 (Gr. δια-) + ἄρθρωσις arthrosis, articulation.] The general term for all forms of articulation which admit of the motion of one bone upon another; free arthrosis.
1578Banister Hist. Man. 3 b, Not vnder the kynde of Diarthrosis, but Synarthrosis: for asmuch as the mouyng of these bones is most obscure. 1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xvi. xxxv. (1678) 365 The wrist..consisting of a composure of eight bones knit to the whole cubit by Diarthrosis. 1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iii. 59 The Diarthrosis or motive Articulation. 1830R. Knox Béclard's Anat. 283 The rotatory diarthrosis..is that which allows only motions of rotation. 1842E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. (ed. 2) 92 Diarthrosis is the movable articulation which constitutes by far the greater number of the joints of the body. |