hinge joint

I went to his joint once, back when I was first hanging out in New York, doing plays.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Complete male reproductive independence would also hinge on artificial womb technology, which also made headlines in 2014.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
On the northern side of the Joint Security Area between North and South Korea, there is a village called Kijong-dong (기정동).
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You get vaccinated in the arm, you shouldn't have inflammation in the joint.
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“We are proud of the work we have done for our country,” Mitchell and Jessen have said in a joint statement.
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Never did events of the utmost magnitude hinge on incidents so trivial to the community at large.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
While his mother was cleaning the fish, Alila made a fire and cut the bamboos at every joint.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
The statutes usually prescribe how notice of the joint meeting shall be given.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Laidlaw threw his heavy bulk against the door, burst lock and hinge, and sent it flat on the garret floor.
The Garret and the Garden|R.M. Ballantyne
And on this night they produced the finished product of their joint work for the last several weeks.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison

Medical definitions for hinge joint

hinge joint

A uniaxial joint in which a broad, transversely cylindrical convexity on one bone fits into a corresponding concavity on the other, allowing motion in one plane only, as in the elbow.ginglymoid joint

Scientific definitions for hinge joint

hinge joint

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A joint, such as the elbow, in which a convex part of one bone fits into a concave part of another, allowing motion in only one plane.