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enarthrosis
n.
ball-and-socket joint (Anatomy)
Ball and socket joint
The
ball and socket joint (or
spheroidal joint) is a type of
synovial joint in which the ball-shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup-like depression of another bone. The distal bone is capable of motion around an indefinite number of axes, which have one common center. It enables the bone to move in many places (Nearly all directions).
enarthrosis
Noun
1. a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
(synonym) ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, articulatio spheroidea
(hypernym) synovial joint, articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis
(hyponym) shoulder, shoulder joint, articulatio humeri
Enarthrosis
(n.)
A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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