diarthrosisn.
/ˌdʌɪɑːˈθrəʊsɪs/ Anatomy.
The general term for all forms of articulation which admit of the motion of one bone upon another; free arthrosis.
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1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 3v Not vnder the kynde of Diarthrosis, but Synarthrosis: for asmuch as the mouyng of these bones is most obscure.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xvi. xxxv. 622 The wrest..consisting of a composure of eight bones knit to the whole cubit by Diarthrosis.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 159 The Diarthrosis or motive Articulation.
1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 283 The rotatory diarthrosis..is that which allows only motions of rotation.
1842 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) 92 Diarthrosis is the movable articulation which constitutes by far the greater number of the joints of the body.
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