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1. plural of glenoid a. Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates. Source: ecdict

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glenoid applied articular articulates bone cavity depression form fossa head humerus plural scapula several shallow smooth surfaces

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glenoid cavity glenoid fossa glenoidal

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