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COTYLOIDAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cotyloidal mean?
• COTYLOIDAL (adjective)
The adjective COTYLOIDAL has 1 sense:
1. of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone
Familiarity information: COTYLOIDAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone
Synonyms:
acetabular; cotyloid; cotyloidal
Similar:
concave (curving inward)
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