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Acetabular

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adj. cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Belonging to the acetabulum; of the nature of an acetabulum; cotyloid; cup-like.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone

Word Usage

"In the past 10 to 15 years, doctors have discovered one specific cause of hip pain: a tear in the acetabular labrum, a condition in which the cartilage that lines the hip socket is damaged."

Equivalent

concave

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cup-shaped saucer-shaped acetabuliform