Definitions for acetabulum

acetabulum ac·e·tab·u·lum

Spelling: [as-i-tab-yuh-luh m]
IPA: /ˌæs ɪˈtæb yə ləm/

Acetabulum is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

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Definitions for acetabulum

noun

  1. Anatomy. the socket in the hipbone that receives the head of the thighbone.
  2. Zoology. any of the suction appendages of a leech, octopus, etc.

Origin of acetabulum

1660-70; Latin: hip socket, cup-shaped part of a plant (Pliny), literally, small cup, orig. for vinegar, equivalent to acēt(um) vinegar + -ā- by analogy with verbal derivatives (cf. Examples for acetabulum

The acute character of the lameness will vary in degree as the seat of the lesion approximates the acetabulum.

The ilio-ischiatic fenestra is a large oblong opening behind the acetabulum between the ilium and the ischium.

The large, round head of this bone is placed in the acetabulum.

This fact perhaps lessens the significance of the perforation of the acetabulum of Echidna (see p. 109).

In the pelvis the acetabulum is perforate (in Echidna), as in Sauropsida.

In Birds the acetabulum is perforated, as in many of the fossils named Dinosaurs, and in Monotremata.

The acetabulum is perforated in Echidna as in birds, but not in Ornithorhynchus.

Secondly, the ilium is elongated, and extends quite as much in front of the acetabulum as behind it.

Hemorrhages were found beneath the periosteum in the region of the lower incisor teeth and the acetabulum and ribs.

The obturator foramen is a small oval opening posteroventral to the acetabulum between the ischium and the pubis.

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