rotator cuffs
- plural of rotator cuff.
Example Sentences
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He was also suffering, he said, from herniated discs and torn rotator cuffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Executives from 3DBio Therapeutics told The New York Times they thought their technology could potentially print other body parts like noses and rotator cuffs and, eventually, complex organs like livers and kidneys.
From The Verge ● Jun. 2, 2022
The fate of the sport depends on the shoulders — and overextended rotator cuffs — of Magic City’s roster of 28 athletes.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2022
The singer has weathered his own physical abuse through years of touring and multiple surgical repairs to his rotator cuffs and both knees as well as a hip replacement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2019
It is also important to note that experiments in people using similar scaffolds to repair torn rotator cuffs — which, like A.C.L.’s, do not heal on their own — have produced mixed results.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2013
