| NOUN | body | ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea | a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone |
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| artifact | ball-and-socket joint | a joint that can rotate within a socket |
| Meaning | A freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone. | |
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| Synonyms | spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea | |
| Narrower | hip, hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae | The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum |
| shoulder, shoulder joint, articulatio humeri | A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula | |
| Broader | synovial joint, articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis | A joint so articulated as to move freely |
| Spanish | articulación cotiloidea, articulatio spheroidea | |
| Catalan | articulatio spheroidea, enartrosi | |
| Meaning | A joint that can rotate within a socket. | |
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| Parts | socket | receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted |
| Broader | joint | junction by which parts or objects are joined together |
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