socket

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socket ball-and-socket joint dry socket eye socket orbit suction socket

Main Entry: sock·et
Pronunciation: säk-t
Function: noun
: an opening or hollow that forms a holder for something: as a : any of various hollows in body structures in which some other part normally lodges <the bony socket of the eye> <an inflamed tooth socket>; especially : the depression in a bone with which the rounded head of another bone fits in a ball-and-socket joint b : a cavity terminating an artificial limb into which the bodily stump fits -- see SUCTION SOCKET