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  1. n. alternative spelling of ball-and-socket joint.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. a joint in which a ball moves within a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction within certain limits.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a joint that can rotate within a socket
  2. n. 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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  1. joint

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. hip joint
  2. shoulder joint
  3. shoulder
  4. articulatio coxae
  1. articulatio humeri
  2. coxa
  3. hip
  4. enarthrosis
  1. ball joint
  2. ball-and-socket joint
  3. hip socket
  4. circumferentor
  1. whirlbone
  2. ginglymodi
  3. socket-joint
  4. enarthrodial
  1. ball and socket joint
  2. acetabulum
  3. cotyloid cavity
  4. swivel-table

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