Glenoid
Glenoid , adjective
[Greek {not transcribed}; {not transcribed} socket of a joint + e'i^dos form; compare French glénoide.]
(Anatomy) 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.