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Definition of Hinge joint

1. Noun. A freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane.

Medical Definition of Hinge joint

1. A uniaxial joint in which a broad, transversely cylindrical convexity on one bone fits into a corresponding concavity on the other, allowing of motion in one plane only, as in the elbow. Synonym: ginglymus, ginglymoid joint. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Hinge joint

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1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[NL.,< Gr. )i')7?.i^of, a hinge-joint, a joint in a coat of mail, ... In anat., a hinge-joint or ..."

2. ... Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the by William Paley, James Paxton (1860)
"The hinge-joint is not formed by a bolt passing through the two parts of the hinge, ... The security and strength of the hinge-joint depends on certain ..."

3. The Human body by Henry Newell Martin (1898)
"The knee is a hinge joint ; it nan only be bent and straightened, ... The latter is not, however, a perfect hinge joint ; it permits also slight lateral ..."

4. Researches in Graphical Statics by Henry Turner Eddy (1878)
"ARCH RIB WITH FIXED ENDS AND hinge joint AT TU K CROWN. LET the curve a of Fig. 3 represent the proportions of the arch we shall ..."

5. Manual of the dissection of the human body by Luther Holden (1851)
"The corresponding articular surfaces of the phalanges of the finger and thumb are so shaped as to form a hinge-joint, and, therefore, incapable of lateral ..."

6. The Saturday Magazine (1838)
"The lower jaw may also be called a hinge-joint. The ankle-joints, the joints of the wrists, and indeed many others, sometimes move like hinges, ..."

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