Enarthrosis

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]
       [also: {enarthroses} (pl)]