glenoid Meaning, Definition & Usage

Gle"noid adjective
Etymology
Gr. socket of a joint + form; cf. F. glénoïde.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socktlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates.

Webster 1913