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 Definition of 'ball-and-socket joint':

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1. (noun) ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, 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


2. (noun) ball-and-socket joint
a joint that can rotate within a socket



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