Definition of "cotyloid" []

• Shaped like a cup. (adjective)
• Relating to a cotyloid cavity. (adjective)

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• "They are sucked up by two cupping vessels, ( "cotyloid" -"
• "They are sucked up by two cupping vessels, ( "cotyloid""
• "When, therefore, dislocation takes place inward, the leg appears longer than natural, when compared with the other leg, for two reasons truly; for the bone which articulates with the hip-joint is carried from above down to the ischium where it rises up to the pubes, upon it, then, the head of the femur rests, and the neck of the femur is lodged in the cotyloid foramen (foramen thyroideum?)."