enarthrosis
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)enarthroses
- a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other boneSynonyms: ball-and-socket jointspheroid jointcotyloid jointenarthrodial jointarticulatio spheroideaType of synovial joint, articulatio synovialisKinds hip, shoulder
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
En′ar·thro′sis noun
Origin: NL., fr. Gr. …, fr. … jointed; … in + … joint.
Anatomy A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54