glenoid
Americanadjective
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shallow or slightly cupped, as the articular cavities of the scapula and the temporal bone.
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pertaining to such a cavity.
adjective
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resembling or having a shallow cavity
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denoting the cavity in the shoulder blade into which the head of the upper arm bone fits
Other Word Forms
- subglenoid adjective
Etymology
Origin of glenoid
1700–10; < Greek glēnoeid ( ḗs ), equivalent to glḗn ( ē ) pupil, eyeball + -oeidēs -oid
Example Sentences
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The team said an MRI revealed a displaced fracture to the glenoid.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023
In addition to their individual actions of moving the upper limb, the rotator cuff muscles also serve to hold the head of the humerus in position within the glenoid cavity.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
These muscles serve as “dynamic ligaments” and thus can modulate their strengths of contraction as needed to hold the head of the humerus in position at the glenoid fossa.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The socket formed by the glenoid cavity is deepened slightly by a small lip of fibrocartilage called the glenoid labrum, which extends around the outer margin of the cavity.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The glenoid cavity is deformed or absent, and the dislocation may be sub-coracoid, sub-acromial, or sub-spinous.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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