cotyloidadj.
/ˈkɒtɪlɔɪd/ Anatomy.
Shaped like a cup: applied esp. to the socket or acetabulum of the hip-joint ( cotyloid cavity), and to parts in connection with this; also to the coxal cavity in insects (cf. cotyle n. 2).
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urceolated1752
urceolate1760
cotyloid1761
acetabular1804
poculiform1809
ampullary1836
vasiform1846
caliciform1849
ampullar1856
ampullated1856
calicinated1863
ampullate1877
vasculiform1887
1761 C. White in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 678 The cotyloid cavity greatly diminished in size.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) III. xxxiv. 428 A corresponding deep socket (or cotyloid cavity).
1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 682 The synovial membrane..covers the acetabulum, being continued..over the surfaces of the cotyloid ligament.
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