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    GLENOID CAVITY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder jointplay

    Synonyms:

    glenoid cavity; glenoid fossa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("glenoid cavity" is a kind of...):

    fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))

    Holonyms ("glenoid cavity" is a part of...):

    scapula; shoulder blade; shoulder bone (either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings)

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