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[syn: ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Enarthrosis \En`ar*thro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? jointed;
? in + ? joint.] (Anat.)
A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation
represented by such a joint. See Articulation.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
enarthrosis
n 1: a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one
bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone [syn:
ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid
joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio
spheroidea]