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Double-jointed: Popular term to describe a joint that is unusually flexible. Medically, the joint is said to be hyperflexible, hyperextensible, or hypermobile. People whose fingers are hypermobile have higher rates of arthritis in the hands.
Double jointed people have unusually flexible ligaments and tendons. Contrary to popular belief, being double jointed is not...
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( dÃ…Âb ' É™l-join ' tÄÂd ) adj. Having unusually flexible joints, especially of the limbs or fingers.
The term 'double-jointed' is a little misleading. People who can do strange things with their body parts don't necessarily have extra joints, but rather joints which ...
People use the term double jointed to describe people who can bend their joints excessively. In truth, though, these people do not have extra or double ...
Remember that kid in grade school who could bend her thumb backwards until it touched her wrist? Or the one who could wrap his legs behind his head? Did they tell you ...