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trochoid
1. A curve formed by a point on the radius of a circle, or on the extended radius, as the circle rolls along a straight line.
2. Rotating, showing rotation, or able to rotate about a central axis.
3. Resembling or functioning in the body like a pivot or pulley; pivot-like, or pulley-shaped.
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trochoid articulation, pivot joint
A synovial joint in which a section of a cylinder of one bone fits into a corresponding cavity on the other, as in the proximal radioulnar joint.
This entry is located in the following units: junct-, jug-, join- (page 7) troch-, trocho- + (page 1)