HyperDic: pivot_joint

English > 1 sense of the expression pivot joint:
NOUNbodypivot joint, rotary joint, rotatory joint, articulatio trochoideaa freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation
English > pivot joint: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation.
Example"the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint"
Synonymsrotary joint, rotatory joint, articulatio trochoidea
Broadersynovial joint, articulatio synovialis, diarthrosisA joint so articulated as to move freely

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