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ANKLE JOINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
Synonyms:
ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ankle joint" is a kind of...):
articulatio plana; gliding joint (a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions)
Meronyms (parts of "ankle joint"):
anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus (the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint)
Holonyms ("ankle joint" is a part of...):
leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)
