Medical Definition of Socket joint

1. A multiaxial synovial joint in which a more or less extensive sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone, as in the hip joint. Synonym: articulatio spheroidea, articulatio cotylica, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, socket joint, spheroid articulation, spheroid joint. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Socket Joint

sociosexual
sock
sockdolager
sockdolager
sockdolagers
sockdologer
sockdologers
socked
socket
socket
socketed
socketing
sockets
sockette
sockettes
socket joint (current term)
socket wrench
sockeye
sockeyes
sockeye salmon
socking
sockless
sockman
sockmen
socko
socks
socle
socles
socman
socmen

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