Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GINGLYMUS
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.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GINGLYMUS
Gin "gly *mus, n.; pl. Ginglymi. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Anat. )
Defn: A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.
New American Oxford Dictionary
ginglymus
gin gly mus |ˈjiNGgləməs, ˈgiNG- ˈʤɪŋɡləməs | ▶noun ( pl. ginglymi |-ˌmī, -ˌmē | ) Anatomy a hingelike joint, such as the elbow or knee, that allows movement in only one plane. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek ginglumos ‘hinge. ’
Oxford Dictionary
ginglymus
ginglymus |ˈgɪŋglɪməs | ▶noun ( pl. ginglymi |-mʌɪ | ) Anatomy a hinge-like joint such as the elbow or knee, which allows movement in only one plane. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek ginglumos ‘hinge ’.
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