| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| diarthrosis |
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| SYLLABICATION: | di·ar·thro·sis |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d  är-thr  s s |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. di·ar·thro·ses (-s z)
Any of several types of bone articulation permitting free motion in a joint, as that of the shoulder or hip. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek diarthrsis, from diarthroun, to articulate : dia-, between; see dia– + arthroun, to fasten by a joint (from arthron, joint; see ar- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | diar·throdi·al (-d- l) —ADJECTIVE
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