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acetabular

American  
[as-i-tab-yuh-ler] / ˌæs ɪˈtæb yə lər /

adjective

  1. of or relating to an acetabulum, especially the hip socket.


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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

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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