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Enarthrosis

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Noun

1. articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint

a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone

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Enarthrosis

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noun plural -ses (-siːz)

anatomy

a ball-and-socket joint, such as that of the hip

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Enarthrosis

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nounWord forms: plural ˌenarˈthroˌses (ˌɛnˈɑrəθroʊˌsiz ; enˌär't hrōˈsēzˌ)

ball-and-socket joint

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Enarthrosis

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n. pl. en·ar·thro·ses (-sēz)
Anatomy

See ball-and-socket joint.

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