? Obs. Anat. [ad. mod.L. coarticulātio, transl. Gr. συνάρθωσις, f. co- together + articulātio jointing: see prec.] Jointing together of two bones; sometimes specifically used of a stiff jointing, or of one that admits of less motion than abarticulation.
1615. Crooke, Body of Man, 993. These bones of the After-wrest … are ioyned to the wrest by Coarticulation; or rather by doubtfull articulation as they are ioyned to the bones of the Fingers by dearticulation.
1634. T. Johnson, trans. Parey’s Chirurg., VI. xlii. (1678), 165. Co-articulation hath a motion of the bones, yet not so manifest [as Diarthrosis], but more obscure.
1651. R. Wittie, trans. Primrose’s Pop. Err., IV. 395. The bones of the forepart of the head are thinner, and their juncture and coarticulation more loose than the rest.
