EGAVE

acetabulum

About 0.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The bony cup of the hip bone which receives the head of the femur.
  2. noun The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
  3. noun A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
  4. noun The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
  5. noun One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
  6. noun A vinegar saucer, especially in ancient Roman contexts.
  7. noun A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 2+⁄2 Roman ounces of wine and equivalent to about 66 mL although differing slightly over time.

Similar words

cotyloid cavity acetable acetabular labrum hip joint acetabularization femur head acetabuloplasty pyxis capitulum arthrokatadysis

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Word family

acetabula acetabular acetabulums

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