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ball-and-socket joint
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ball-and-socket joint has 2 senses
- ball-and-socket joint(n = noun.body) articulatio spheroidea, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint - a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone; Array is a kind of articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis, synovial joint
- ball-and-socket joint(n = noun.artifact) Array - a joint that can rotate within a socket; Array is a kind of joint
has particulars: articulatio humeri, shoulder, shoulder joint, articulatio coxae, coxa, hip, hip joint
has parts: socket
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