shoulder joint

1. 1.

   a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula

   Synonymsshoulderarticulatio humeri

   Broaderball-and-socket joint

   Part oftorso

   Partsscapulacircumflex humeral arterycircumflex scapular arteryrotator cuff

Questions about shoulder joint

What does shoulder joint mean?

shoulder joint means "a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula".

What is another word for shoulder joint?

Close synonyms include shoulder, articulatio humeri. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shoulder joint a common word?

shoulder joint is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.