rotator cuff
noun
a bandlike structure encircling and supporting the shoulder joint, formed by four muscles attached to and merging with the joint capsule.
rotator cuffs
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pluralof rotator cuff.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
“My health is falling apart,” he said at one point, ticking off his multiplying ailments: blood clots in the lungs, destroyed rotator cuffs, and, that very day, a fresh melanoma diagnosis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
She learned she had torn rotator cuffs and arthritis in her shoulders, which may have been aggravated by her new exercise routine.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2021
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
