Having unusually flexible joints, especially of the limbs or fingers.
Did you mean: double-jointed, Hypermobility, hypermobile joint disease
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dou·ble-joint·ed (dŭb'əl-join'tĭd) |
Having unusually flexible joints, especially of the limbs or fingers.
| World of the Body: double-jointed |
Some individuals are referred to as being ‘double-joined’. In reality these individuals do not have ‘double’ joints, but have a greater than average range of joint mobility — the joints are hypermobile. This can have career advantages (e.g. for contortionists) but can sometimes result in painful joints even though there is no clinical evidence of joint disease (hypermobility syndrome).
— William R. Ferrell
See joints.
| Medical Dictionary: double-jointed |
Having unusually flexible joints, especially of the limbs or fingers.
| WordNet: double-jointed |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers
Did you mean: double-jointed, Hypermobility, hypermobile joint disease
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