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COTYLOID JOINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cotyloid joint mean?
• COTYLOID JOINT (noun)
The noun COTYLOID JOINT has 1 sense:
1. a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
Familiarity information: COTYLOID JOINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
articulatio spheroidea; ball-and-socket joint; cotyloid joint; enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; spheroid joint
Hypernyms ("cotyloid joint" is a kind of...):
articulatio synovialis; diarthrosis; synovial joint (a joint so articulated as to move freely)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cotyloid joint"):
articulatio humeri; shoulder; shoulder joint (a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula)
articulatio coxae; coxa; hip; hip joint (the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum)
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