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Webster 1913 Edition

Ginglymus

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Gin′gly-mus

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Noun.
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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

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Noun.
[Gr.] In anatomy, a species of articulation resembling a hinge. That species of articulation in which each bone partly receives and is partly received by the other, so as to admit only of flexion and extension, is called angular ginglymus.

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