| AMPHIARTHROSIS | • amphiarthrosis n. (Anatomy) The type of movable joint in animals in which the surfaces of bones are connected by ligaments or cartilage. • AMPHIARTHROSIS n. a type of articulation permitting only slight movement, as between the vertebrae of the backbone. |
| ARTHROSIS | • arthrosis n. Any articulation or joint between bones. • arthrosis n. (Pathology) Any degenerative disease of such a joint e.g. osteoarthritis. • ARTHROSIS n. a degenerative, noninflammatory, disease of the joints. |
| DIARTHROSIS | • diarthrosis n. (Anatomy) A joint that can move freely in various planes. • DIARTHROSIS n. a joint permitting free movement. |
| ENARTHROSIS | • enarthrosis n. (Anatomy) A ball-and-socket joint. • ENARTHROSIS n. a ball-and-socket joint. |
| HYDRARTHROSIS | • hydrarthrosis n. (Medicine) An effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint. • HYDRARTHROSIS n. swelling of a joint caused by the accumulation in it of watery fluid. |
| HYDRONEPHROSIS | • hydronephrosis n. (Pathology) distension of the kidneys due to obstruction in the flow of urine. • HYDRONEPHROSIS n. distension of the kidney with urine held up as a result of obstruction in the urinary tract. |
| METACHROSIS | • metachrosis n. (Zoology) The ability to change colour by the expansion and contraction of chromatophores. • METACHROSIS n. the ability of animals to change colour. |
| NEARTHROSIS | • nearthrosis n. (Pathology) pseudarthrosis. • NEARTHROSIS n. another name for pseudoarthrosis. |
| NEPHROSIS | • nephrosis n. (Pathology) A non-inflammatory disease of the kidneys that is characterised by the leaking of blood… • NEPHROSIS n. degenerative lesions of the renal tubules. |
| OSTEOARTHROSIS | • osteoarthrosis n. Osteoarthritis. • OSTEOARTHROSIS n. chronic noninflammatory disease of the joints and the bone adjacent. |
| PSEUDARTHROSIS | • pseudarthrosis n. (Pathology) A bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture. • pseudarthrosis n. (Surgery) A failed fusion after an arthrodesis surgery. • pseudarthrosis n. (Architecture) A groove in a block of stone that simulates a joint. |
| PSEUDOARTHROSIS | • pseudoarthrosis n. Alternative form of pseudarthrosis. • PSEUDOARTHROSIS n. a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united, also PSEUDARTHROSIS. |
| SYNARTHROSIS | • synarthrosis n. (Anatomy) A type of joint in which two bones are connected rigidly by fibrous tissue. • SYNARTHROSIS n. the fixed articulation of bones. |