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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] socket of a joint +

εἶδοσ

form; cf. F.

glénoïde

(Anat.)

Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; – applied to several articular surfaces of bone;

as, the

glenoid

cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates

glenoid ‎(plural glenoids)

shallow depression in a bone

glenoid ‎(comparative more glenoid, superlative most glenoid)