What is the meaning of ball-and-socket joint?

A freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone.
- synonyms: spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea
A joint that can rotate within a socket. .

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