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cotyloid, a. Anat.|ˈkɒtɪlɔɪd| [ad. Gr. κοτυλοειδής cup-shaped: see cotyle and -oid.] Shaped like a cup: applied esp. to the socket or acetabulum of the hip-joint (c. cavity), and to parts in connexion with this; also to the coxal cavity in insects (cf. cotyle 2).
1760White in Phil. Trans. LI. 678 The cotyloid cavity greatly diminished in size. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) III. xxxiv. 428 A corresponding deep socket (or cotyloid cavity). 1840G. Ellis Anat. 682 The synovial membrane..covers the acetabulum, being continued..over the surfaces of the cotyloid ligament. |