| SEMDJL | spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity |
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| SIJ | sacroiliac joint |
| SJS | Stevens-Johnson syndrome; stiff joint syndrome; Swyer-James syndrome |
| STT | scaphotrapeziotrapezoid [joint]; serial thrombin time; skin temperature test |
| TIPJ | terminal interphalangeal joint |
| fibrous joint | A union of two bones by fibrous tissue such that there is no joint cavity and almost no motion possible; the types of fibrous joints are sutures, syndesmoses, and gomphoses. Synonym: articulatio fibrosa, immovable joint, junctura fibrosa, synarthrodia, synarthrodial joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| flail joint | A joint with loss of function caused by loss of ability to stabilise the joint in any plane within its normal range of motion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral atlantoaxial joint | A condylar synovial joint between the inferior articular facets of the atlas and the superior articular facets of the axis. Synonym: articulatio atlantoaxialis lateralis, lateral atlantoepistrophic joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral atlantoepistrophic joint | A condylar synovial joint between the inferior articular facets of the atlas and the superior articular facets of the axis. Synonym: articulatio atlantoaxialis lateralis, lateral atlantoepistrophic joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral ligament of temporomandibular joint | <anatomy> The capsular ligament that passes obliquely down and backward across the lateral surface of the temporomandibular joint. Synonym: ligamentum laterale articulationis temporomandibularis, Ferrein's ligament, lateral ligament of temporomandibular joint, ligamentum temporomandibulare, temporomandibular ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbosacral joint | The articulation of the fifth lumbar vertebra with the sacrum. Synonym: articulatio lumbosacralis, junctura lumbosacralis. (05 Mar 2000) |