enarthrodial joint

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Noun

1.enarthrodial joint - a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bonearticulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrosis, spheroid jointarticulatio synovialis, diarthrosis, synovial joint - a joint so articulated as to move freelyarticulatio humeri, shoulder joint, shoulder - a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapulaarticulatio coxae, coxa, hip joint, hip - the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum