ANKLE JOINT

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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:

Nouns denoting body parts

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)