| DOSS | distal over-shoulder strap; dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate; docusate sodium |
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| DPC | delayed primary closure; desaturated phosphatidylcholine; diethylpyrocarbonate; direct patient care;... |
| DPFC | distal flexion palmar crease |
| DPW | Department of Public Welfare; distal phalangeal width |
| DSL | distal sensory latency |
| cotyloid joint | A multiaxial synovial joint in which a more or less extensive sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone, as in the hip joint. Synonym: articulatio spheroidea, articulatio cotylica, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, socket joint, spheroid articulation, spheroid joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cricoarytenoid joint | The synovial joint between the base of each arytenoid cartilage and the upper border of the lamina of the cricoid cartilage. Synonym: articulatio cricoarytenoidea, cricoarytenoid articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cricothyroid joint | The synovial articulation between the inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage and the side of the cricoid cartilage. Synonym: articulatio cricothyroidea, cricothyroid articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior intraoccipital joint | Cartilaginous union between the squamous and lateral parts of the occipital bone in the newborn. Synonym: synchondrosis intraoccipitalis posterior, Budin's obstetrical joint, posterior intraoccipital joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cruveilhier's joint | A pivot synovial joint between the dens of the axis and the ring formed by the anterior arch and the transverse ligament of the atlas. Synonym: articulatio atlantoaxialis mediana, Cruveilhier's joint, middle atlantoepistrophic joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cubital joint | A compound hinge synovial joint between the humerus and the bones of the forearm; it consists of the articulatio humeroradialis and the articulatio humeroulnaris. Synonym: articulatio cubiti, cubital joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cuboideonavicular joint | A fibrous joint between adjacent parts of the cuboid and navicular bones; occasionally a synovial cavity is found here as an extension of the cuneonavicular joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemophilic joint | <orthopaedics> Chronic arthroplasty due to repeated haemarthrosis in a haemophiliac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cuneocuboid joint | The synovial articulation between the lateral surface of the lateral cuneiform and the anterior two-thirds of the medial surface of the cuboid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cuneonavicular joint | The synovial joint between the anterior surface of the navicular and the posterior surfaces of the three cuneiform bones. Synonym: articulatio cuneonavicularis, cuneonavicular articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacrococcygeal joint | The cartilaginous articulation of the coccyx with the sacrum. Synonym: articulatio sacrococcygea, coccygeal joint, junctura sacrococcygea, sacrococcygeal junction, symphysis sacrococcygea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacroiliac joint | The joint between the sacrum and ilium and associated ligaments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| saddle joint | A biaxial synovial joint in which the double motion is effected by the opposition of two surfaces, each of which is concave in one direction and convex in the other; as in the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb. Synonym: articulatio sellaris, articulatio ovoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schindyletic joint | A form of fibrous joint in which the sharp edge of one bone is received in a cleft in the edge of the other, as in the articulation of the vomer with the rostrum of the sphenoid. Synonym: schindylesis, schindyletic joint, wedge-and-groove suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proximal radioulnar joint | The pivot synovial joint between the head of the radius and the ring formed by the radial notch of the ulna and the annular ligament. Synonym: articulatio radioulnaris proximalis, proximal radioulnar articulation, superior radioulnar joint. (05 Mar 2000) |