| acetabula | Plural of acetabulum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| acetabular | Relating to the acetabulum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetabular artery | An arterial branch that supplies the acetabulum; two arteries, the obturator and the medial femoral circumflex, have such branches. Synonym: ramus acetabularis, acetabular artery, arteria acetabuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetabular branch | An arterial branch that supplies the acetabulum; two arteries, the obturator and the medial femoral circumflex, have such branches. Synonym: ramus acetabularis, acetabular artery, arteria acetabuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetabular fossa | A depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the acetabular notch. Synonym: fossa acetabuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetabular labrum | A fibrocartilaginous rim attached to the margin of the acetabulum of the hip bone. Synonym: labrum acetabulare, acetabular lip, circumferential cartilage, cotyloid ligament, ligamentum cotyloideum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetabular lip | A fibrocartilaginous rim attached to the margin of the acetabulum of the hip bone. Synonym: labrum acetabulare, acetabular lip, circumferential cartilage, cotyloid ligament, ligamentum cotyloideum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetabular notch | A gap in the inferior the margin of the acetabulum. Synonym: incisura acetabuli, cotyloid notch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetabularia | A genus of green algae found in the mediterranean and other warm seas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acetabulectomy | Excision of the acetabulum. Origin: acetabulum + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetabulifera | <zoology> The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. Origin: NL. See Acetabuliferous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acetabuliferous | Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. Origin: L. Acetablum a little cup. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acetabuliform | <botany> Shaped like a shallow; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx. Origin: L. Acetabulum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acetabuloplasty | Any operation aimed at restoring the acetabulum to as near a normal state as possible. Origin: acetabulum + G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetabulum | <anatomy> The hollow, cuplike portion of the pelvis into which the head of the thigh bone (femur) fits. <zoology> Also, in entomology, the leg socket on an insect's abdomen or thorax. (12 Mar 1998) |