DIARTHROSIS

(Lat.), n. f. Di(di)-a3r-thros'i2s. Gen., diarthros'eos (-is). Gr., Sidp9p<oo-if (from Sid, thoroughly, and apflpaxru, an articulating). Fr., diarthrose. Ger., D., Diarthrose, vollkommen be i veg liches Gelenk. It.,diartrosi. Sf.,diartrosis. An articulation which permits of motion in all directions. [C.] D. ambigua. See AMPHIARTHROSIS. D. obliqua [Mayer]. An occasional articulation between the spinous proce es of adjacent lumbar vertebras. [L, 31.] D. obliqua acce or i a [Mayer]. An occasional articulation, one on each side, formed by the spinous proce es of adjacent dorsal or lumbar vertebrae, close to the union of the proce es with the bodies of the vertebrae. [L, 31.] D. rotator i a. See Trochoid ARTICULATION. D. strirta, D. gynarthrodica, D. gynarthrotica. See AMPHIARTHROSIS. D. trochoideg. See Trochoid ARTICULATION. Plan i form d. See ARTHRODIA (1st def.). Rotatory d., Synarthrodial d. See Trochoid ARTICULATION. [s. 556]