cotyloid joint

Noun cotyloid joint has 1 sense

• cotyloid joint(n = noun.body) articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket 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;
is a kind of articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis, synovial joint
has particulars: articulatio humeri, shoulder, shoulder joint, articulatio coxae, coxa, hip, hip joint