Cot"y*loid (k?t"?-loid), a. [Cotyle + -oid] Anat. (a)

Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone.

(b)

Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.

 

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