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socket joint(medicine)
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hypnotist (iou) and ball-and-socket joint (medicine)


hypnotist (iou)



hypnotist noun. M19.
[formed as HYPNOTISM + -IST.]
A person who studies or practises hypnotism; a hypnotizer.

ball-and-socket joint (medicine)


ball-and-socket joint


A multiaxial synovial joint in which a more or less extensive sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the Other bone, as in the hip joint.

Synonym: articulatio spheroidea, articulatio cotylica, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, socket joint, spheroid articulation, spheroid joint.