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moyen(1) (iou) and gliding joint (medicine)


moyen(1) (iou)



moyen noun2.E16-E19.
[Old French moienne use as noun of fem. of moien: see MOYEN noun1.]
A kind of cannon of middle size.

gliding joint (medicine)


gliding joint -->
plane joint


A synovial joint in which the opposing surfaces are nearly planes and in which there is only a slight, gliding motion, as in the intermetacarpal joints.

Synonym: articulatio plana, arthrodia, arthrodial articulation, arthrodial joint, gliding joint.