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ROTATOR CUFF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rotator cuff" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
Meronyms (parts of "rotator cuff"):
deltoid; deltoid muscle; musculus deltoideus (a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm)
Holonyms ("rotator cuff" is a part of...):
articulatio humeri; shoulder; shoulder joint (a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula)
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