What is "enarthrosis"

Enarthrosis \En`ar*thro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? jointed; ? in + ? joint.] (Anat.) A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.

n. (context anatomy English) A ball-and-socket joint.

1. n. a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone [syn: ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, articulatio spheroidea]

2. [also: enarthroses (pl)]