Glenoid

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

  Glenoid \Gle"noid\, a. [Gr. ?; ? socket of a joint + e'i^dos
     form; cf. F. gl['e]no["i]de.] (Anat.)
     Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression;
     socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone;
     as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which
     the head of the humerus articulates.


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