5 definitions found for ginglymus

Ginglymus GIN'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.

ginglymus n 1: a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane [syn: hinge joint, ginglymus, ginglymoid joint]

ginglymus
n. (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

ginglymus n. (pl. ginglymi) Anat. a hingelike joint in the body with motion in one plane only, e.g. the elbow or knee. [mod.L f. Gk gigglumos hinge]

Ginglymus 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.