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Detailed Synonyms for ball-and-socket joint in English

ball-and-socket joint:

ball-and-socket joint [the ~] noun

  1. the ball-and-socket joint
  2. the ball-and-socket joint
    the joint; the ligature; the hinge; the hinge joint; the ball-and-socket joint
  3. the ball-and-socket joint
    the ball-and-socket joint; the joint
  4. the ball-and-socket joint
    – a joint that can rotate within a socket 1
    the ball-and-socket joint
    – a joint that can rotate within a socket 1
  5. the ball-and-socket joint
    – a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone 1
    the ball-and-socket joint; the enarthrosis; the cotyloid joint; the spheroid joint; the enarthrodial joint; the articulatio spheroidea
    – a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone 1

Alternate Synonyms for "ball-and-socket joint":


Related Definitions for "ball-and-socket joint":

  1. a joint that can rotate within a socket1
  2. a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone1

Related Synonyms for ball-and-socket joint