Search Result for "spheroid_joint":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spheroid joint 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]