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All together; conjointly. [Obs.] Altogether they wenChaucer.

One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda.

Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.

Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.

To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one. [Spelt also ankylose.] Owen.

Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint. Dunglison.

The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus. Ankle bone, the bone of the ankle; the astragalus.

the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chætopoda, including the Oligochæta or earthworms and Polychæta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chætopoda.

An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.

touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.

Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.

Pertaining to the joints. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Any inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout.

Chondritis of a joint.

Surgical fixation of joints.

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

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

The description of joints.

That part of anatomy which treats of joints.

Any disease of the joints.