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🦵 Affecting many joints 🤖 Having many joints
polyarticular

polyarticular

9.9
Having many joints, for example in limbs or robot arms
  • adjective
  • /ˌpɒliɑːrˈtɪkjʊlər/
  • Specialized
: poliarticular
  • Engineers designed a polyarticular mechanism to improve the robot's flexibility.

Examples

  • Insects with polyarticular antennae can sense their environment more precisely.

  • The polyarticular design of the robot allows for greater flexibility.

  • The disease often presents as polyarticular arthritis, affecting several joints at once.

  • In the study, patients with polyarticular symptoms were examined.

  • The disease often presents as polyarticular arthritis, affecting several joints at once.

  • Engineers designed a polyarticular mechanism to improve the robot's flexibility.

  • Insects with polyarticular antennae can sense their environment more precisely.

Synonyms

articulated
vspolyarticular
  • Specialized
5 6.2

Having parts with joints that let them move

describes many such joints rather than just having movable segments

How Many Joints

polyarticular
  • Specialized
9.9
unarticulated
  • Specialized
1 7.9

Surface Forms

polyarticular positive

Morphology

polyarticular = articular (transparent) = poly + articular

The meaning is a straightforward combination of poly- 'many' and articular 'relating to joints or articulated segments'.

Etymology

Polyarticular starts with poly- meaning 'many' (as in polyglot) and ends with articular, which means 'joint' or 'connected part' (like articulation). So polyarticular is used for things with 'many joints' or segments, such as a flexible robot arm or an insect's many jointed legs.