chǔ​jiù​guān​jié

ball-and-socket joint

  • created sense approved 杵臼关节/杵臼關節 · chǔ​jiù​guān​jié · ball-and-socket joint — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杵臼关节 / 杵臼關節

    chǔ​jiù​guān​jié

    ball-and-socket joint

    A type of joint where a ball-like surface of one bone fits into a cup-like depression of another, as seen in the shoulder or hip

    杵臼 (literal) → 杵臼 · chǔ​jiù · mortar and pestle 关节 (literal) → 关节/關節 · guān​jié · joint

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense