GLIDING

n. Glid'i2n2. A.-S., glid an. Gr., oAi'<r0i)<ris. Lat., lapsus. Fr., gli ement. Ger., Gleiten. 1. A kind ot motion in which the surfaces of adjacent bones are displaced without any accompanying angular or rotatory motion, as in the movement of advance and retreat of the lower jaw. [C, 3.J 2. In plastic surgery, the proce of sliding a flap laterally. [s. 199]