enarthrosis

American

[en-ahr-throh-sis] / ˌɛn ɑrˈθroʊ sɪs /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

PLURAL

enarthroses

ball-and-socket joint.

enarthrosis British

/ ˌɛnɑːˈθrəʊsɪs /

noun

anatomy a ball-and-socket joint, such as that of the hip

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Other Word Forms

enarthrodial adjective

Etymology

Origin of enarthrosis

1625–35; < New Latin < Greek enárthrōsis; en- ², arthrosis ¹

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Diarthrosis, dī-ar-thrō′sis, n. the general name for all forms of articulation which admit of the motion of one bone upon another, free arthrosis—including Enarthrosis, Ginglymus, and Cyclarthrosis.

From Project Gutenberg

Enarthrosis is a kind of Articulation which unites two Bones with a great Head on one side, and a large Cavity on the other; as the Head of the Thigh-Bone in the Cavity of the Ischion or Huckle-Bone.

From Project Gutenberg

Enarthrosis: an articulation like a ball and socket joint.

From Project Gutenberg

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