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What is a diarthrosis?

What is a diarthrosis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A joint that can move freely in various planes
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There are two basic structural types of joint: diarthrosis, in which fluid is present, and synarthrosis, in which there is no fluid.
Two adjacent ribs, often five and six, and six and seven, sometimes articulate at their costal cartilages by a diarthrosis, synarthrosis, or syndesmosis.
The coracoclavicular syndesmosis may be a diarthrosis or a cartilaginous symphysis.

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