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amphiarthrosis
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amphiarthrosis /am·phi·ar·thro·sis/ (am″fe-ahr-thro´sis) a joint permitting little motion, the opposed surfaces being connected by fibrocartilage, as between vertebrae.
am·phi·ar·thro·sis (mf-är-thrss)
n.
See movable joint.
amphi·ar·throdi·al (-thrd-l) adj.
amphiarthrosis.
amphiarthrosis
a joint in which the surfaces are connected by fibrocartilage, as between vertebrae. Called also cartilaginous joint. See also symphysis, synchondrosis.


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