noun
- Excessive or abnormal range of motion in joints, often due to loose ligaments or connective tissue disorders.
- The ability or tendency of people, goods, or capital to move freely and frequently across geographic or social boundaries.
Usage: medical; commonly associated with conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Marfan syndrome
Usage: social sciences; economics
Examples
- The patient's hypermobility made her joints prone to dislocation during everyday activities.
- Children with hypermobility syndrome often experience chronic pain and fatigue.
- Dancers and gymnasts sometimes exhibit natural hypermobility that aids their performance.
- The study examined hypermobility in the labor market and its effects on wage inequality.
- Hypermobility of capital has increased due to digital financial systems.
- Her hypermobility allowed her to touch her palms to the ground with straight legs.