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Webster 1913 Edition

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(k?t′?-l?)

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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] anything hollow, cup of a joint, small meassure: cf. L.

cotyla

a measure.]

(Anat.)

A cuplike cavity or organ. Same as

Noun.

[Gr.] The cavity of a bone which receives the end of another in articulation.

cotyle ‎(plural cotyles)