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What (who) is Acetabulum - definition
A CAVITY IN THE COXAL BONE WHERE THIGH BONE (FEMUR) ARTICULATE WITH PELVIS
Acetabula; Acetabular; Roof of acetabulum; Hip socket; Perforate Acetabulum; Perforated acetabulum; Cotyloid cavity; Acetabuli; Cotyloid cavities
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acetabulum
[?as?'tabj?l?m]
¦ noun (plural acetabula -l?)
1. Anatomy the socket of the hip bone, into which the head of the femur fits.
2. Zoology a sucker or other cup-shaped structure.
Origin
ME (denoting a vinegar cup): from L., from acetum 'vinegar' + -abulum, denoting a container.
Acetabulum
·noun The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
II. Acetabulum ·noun One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
III. Acetabulum ·noun The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
IV. Acetabulum ·noun A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
V. Acetabulum ·noun A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, ·etc.
VI. Acetabulum ·noun The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
Acetabulum (unit)
VOLUME UNIT IN ROMAN EMPIRE
Acetabulum (volume)
In Ancient Roman measurement, the acetabulum was a measure of volume (fluid and dry) equivalent to the Greek (oxybaphon). It was one-fourth of the hemina and therefore one-eighth of the sextarius.
Wikipedia
Acetabulum
The acetabulum (), also called the cotyloid cavity, is a concave surface of the pelvis. The head of the femur meets with the pelvis at the acetabulum, forming the hip joint.
