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.
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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.
Fractures which include the acetabular bones cause great pain.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
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