noun
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, ↑enarthrosis, ↑articulatio spheroidea
• Hypernyms: ↑synovial joint, ↑articulatio synovialis, ↑diarthrosis
• Hyponyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.