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ACETABULAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone
Synonyms:
acetabular; cotyloid; cotyloidal
Classified under:
Similar:
concave (curving inward)
Derivation:
acetabulum (the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint)
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