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acetabular

American  
[as-i-tab-yuh-ler] / ˌæs ɪˈtæb jə 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 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 George Henry Makins

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 William E. Duellman

In Crocodiles the bone below the acetabular cup is not divided into two parts.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley

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