a.; also 5 -uler. [ad. L. articulār-is, f. articulus ARTICLE; see -AR.]

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  1.  Of, or pertaining to, the joints (of the body).

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1432–50.  trans. Higden (Rolls Ser.), IV. 117. An infirmite articuler.

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1582.  Hester, Phiorav. Secr., I. xv. 15. Most commonly thei [swellynges] come in the articular parts.

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1620.  Venner, Via Recta, iv. 75. Troubled with rheumes, and articular griefes.

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1836.  Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 247/2. Articular cartilage.

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1861.  Sat. Rev., XI. 430/2. In gouty joints, and the articular surfaces of bones and cartilages.

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  2.  Gram. Of the nature of an ARTICLE (sb. 16).

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1750.  Harris, Hermes, II. v. (Jod.). The definitives are either articular or pronominal.

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