(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
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one of the tendons at the back of the knee
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A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a clos…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.A crescent.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.Cartilage. See Cartilage.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.a joint so articulated as to move freely
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion; a complete joint; abarticulation. See Articulation.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals.…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
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The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; --…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tendons, back, knee.Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tendons, back, knee.A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or co…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tendons, back, knee.A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tendons, back, knee.A crooked leg.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tendons, back, knee.Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed betwe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tendons, back, knee.the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tendons, back, knee.The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tendons, back, knee.A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tendons, back, knee.Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tendons, back, knee.To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tendons, back, knee.The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.
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