ball-and-socket
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The vertebrae line up to create a series of ball-and-socket joints running from head to tail.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Those fingers come with a long, skeletal middle digit equipped with a ball-and-socket joint for horrifying dexterity, like the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come beckoning Ebenezer Scrooge to gaze upon his own sordid death.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
The ball-and-socket joint of the shoulder is secured by the four muscles and tendons of the rotator cuff, which can become irritated, torn or overstretched.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
Any sort of twist or imbalance can put stress on ball-and-socket joints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
The elevating and traversing gear was combined in one lever on a ball-and-socket joint.
From Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper
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