acetabular
Americanadjective
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The acetabulum is further deepened by the acetabular labrum, a fibrocartilage lip attached to the outer margin of the acetabulum.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The acetabulum is deepened by the acetabular labrum.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The angles formed by the roof lines crossing the centre line the doctors call the acetabular index.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had practically no experience of small-calibre bullet injuries to the femoral constituent, and beyond the single case of injury to the acetabular margin mentioned on p.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry
The dorsal acetabular expansion of the ilia is moderately low in taurinus and verrucigerus, but distinctly lower in buckleyi and leprieurii.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.
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