Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun articulatio_spheroidea

1 sense of articulatio spheroidea

Sense 1
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)
       => synovial joint, articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis -- (a joint so articulated as to move freely)