BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a joint that can rotate within a socket
   
   Hypernyms(s) ball-and-socket joint is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • joint (what does joint mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
   
   Synonym(s)
   • articulatio spheroidea (what does articulatio spheroidea mean?)
   • cotyloid joint (what does cotyloid joint mean?)
   • enarthrodial joint (what does enarthrodial joint mean?)
   • enarthrosis (what does enarthrosis mean?)
   • spheroid joint (what does spheroid joint mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) ball-and-socket joint is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • synovial joint (what does synovial joint mean?)
   • articulatio synovialis (what does articulatio synovialis mean?)
   • diarthrosis (what does diarthrosis mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • shoulder (what does shoulder mean?)
   • shoulder joint (what does shoulder joint mean?)
   • articulatio humeri (what does articulatio humeri mean?)
   • hip (what does hip mean?)
   • hip joint (what does hip joint mean?)
   • coxa (what does coxa mean?)
   • articulatio coxae (what does articulatio coxae mean?)