Catalan Meaning of acetabulum

acetàbul

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Definitions and Meaning of acetabulum in English

Wordnet

acetabulum (n)

the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint

Webster

acetabulum (n.)

A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.

The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.

The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.

A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.

The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.

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acetàbul

the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket jointA vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of ab

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acetabuliform => Acetabuliforme, acetabuliferous => acetabulifer, acetabulifera => Acetabufèrids, acetabular => Acetabular, acetable => assimilable,