a. Anat. [mod. f. AMPHI- + Gr. ἀμθρώδ-ης well-articulated + -IAL.] Characterized by amphiarthrosis.

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1859.  Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., V. 121/2. The sacrum … is united to the last lumbar vertebra … by an amphi-arthrodial joint.

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1879.  Morris, Anat. Joints, 5. Connecting fibro-cartilages occur only in amphiarthrodial joints.

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