What is admitting of rotation on an axis; -- sometimes applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral column called?
trochoid — (Anat.) Admitting of rotation on an axis; -- sometimes applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral column. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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