Resembling or similar to a hinge joint; hinge-like in appearance or function.
From Greek 'ginglymos' (hinge) + '-oid' (resembling). The -oid suffix is used throughout anatomy to indicate something that looks like or functions similarly to something else.
The '-oid' suffix is one of science's favorite shortcuts—it means 'kinda like this thing' and appears in thousands of words like 'android' and 'asteroid,' all borrowed from Greek!
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