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Webster's 1828 DictionaryGIN'GLYMUS, n. [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. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Oxford Reference Dictionaryn. (pl. ginglymi) Anat. a hingelike joint in the body with motion in one plane only, e.g. the elbow or knee. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk gigglumos hinge Webster's 1913 DictionaryGinglymus Gin"gly*mus, n.; pl. Ginglymi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? 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. |