| 单词 | loose body |
| 释义 | > as lemmasloose body loose body n. Medicine = joint mouse n. at joint n.1 Compounds 2; usually plural. ΚΠ 1886 H. Marsh Dis. Joints xv. 185 On examining his joint when the acute attack has gone off, the patient detects the loose body, and learns that it shifts its position. 1886 H. Marsh Dis. Joints xv. 183 (caption) Specimens of the loose bodies found in the knee joint in Mr. Smith's case. 1952 E. F. Traut Rheumatic Dis. ix. 194 A detached portion of the internal meniscus constitutes a loose body or joint mouse. 1961 R. D. Baker Essent. Pathol. xxi. 578 Portions of the damaged articular cartilage, or fragments of the thickened peripheral bone, break off and become loose bodies in the joint cavities. < as lemmas |
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