A cavity or socket-shaped depression, particularly in anatomical contexts.
From Greek kotyle (cup or hollow), the root word that appears in medical and anatomical terminology to describe cup-shaped or socket-like structures.
The ancient Greeks looked at hip sockets and thought they looked like cups, so they named them 'kotyle'—that same observation still shapes how we name body parts thousands of years later.
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