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English noun: ball-and-socket joint | |||
| 1. | ball-and-socket joint (body) a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone | ||
| Synonyms | articulatio spheroidea, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis, synovial joint | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | articulatio coxae, articulatio humeri, coxa, hip, hip joint, shoulder, shoulder joint | ||
| 2. | ball-and-socket joint (artifact) a joint that can rotate within a socket | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | joint | ||
| Part holonym | socket | ||
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