Found 2 items, similar to Acetabulum.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: acetabulum
acetabulum
n : the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of
the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint [syn:
cotyloid cavity
]
[also:
acetabula (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Acetabulum
Acetabulum
\Ac`e*tab"u*lum\, n. [L., a little saucer for
vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.]
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1. (Rom. Antiq.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a
measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
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2. (Anat.)
(a) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh
bone.
(b) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted
at its articulation with the body.
(c) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related
animals.
(d) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
(e) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating
animals.
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