What is "cotyloid"

cotyloid \cot"y*loid\, cotyloidal \cotyloidal\(k?t"?-loid), a. [Cotyle + -oid] (Anat.)

1. Shaped like a cup; cup-shaped; as, the cotyloid cavity, the cup-shaped socket which receives the head of the thigh bone.

2. Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.

   Syn: acetabular, cotyloid. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] ||

a. 1 (context anatomy English) Shaped like a cup. 2 (context anatomy English) Relating to a cotyloid cavity.

adj. of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone [syn: acetabular, cotyloidal]