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Surgical fixation of joints.

A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket.

Of or pertaining to arthrodia.

An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.

Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic.

One of the Arthropoda.

A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea. -- Ar*throp"o*dal, a.

paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; - - opposed to Perissodactyla.

One of the Artiodactyla.

Even-toed.

A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.

One who is self-taught; an automath.

Supplying its own power; -- applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.

Babyhood. [R.] Udall.

The state or period of infancy.

The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.

The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.

A men living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States. Fisher Ames.

One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.

A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.