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SPHEROID JOINT
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I. (noun)
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
Synonyms:
articulatio spheroidea; ball-and-socket joint; cotyloid joint; enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; spheroid joint
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spheroid 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 "spheroid 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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