Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enarthrosis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Enarthrosis \En`ar*thro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? jointed;
? in + ? joint.] (Anat.)
A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation
represented by such a joint. See {Articulation}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
enarthrosis
n : a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one
bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone [syn: {ball-and-socket
joint}, {spheroid joint}, {cotyloid joint}, {enarthrodial
joint}, {articulatio spheroidea}]
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