Dictionary

arthrogryposis en · NOUN

Etymology

From arthro- (“joint”) + gryposis (“hooking, abnormal curvature”), from Late Latin grȳpōsis (“hooking”) (from grȳpus (“hook-nosed”)), from Ancient Greek γρυπῶσις (grupôsis, “hooking”), from γρύπεσθαι (grúpesthai, “become hooked”), from γρύπος (grúpos, “hook-nosed”).

Meanings

1. (countable) The permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position.
2. (uncountable) A congenital disorder in which the joints are so fixed because of lack of muscle development.
   • Republican front-runner twisted his arms in apparent imitation of Serge Kovaleski’s arthrogryposis as he reiterated controversial 9/11 claims[.] 2015 November 26, Claire Phipps, “New York Times slams 'outrageous' Donald Trump for mocking reporter's disability”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

arthrogryposis multiplex congenita

Translations (6)

ca artrogriposi (the permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position) · pt artrogripose (the permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position) · es artrogriposis (the permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position) · pl artrogrypoza (the permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position) · it artrogriposi (the permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position) · fr arthrogrypose (the permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position)