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The cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint
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acetabulum
Word definitions for acetabulum in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Roman Antiquities English) a vinegar cup; 2 (context Roman Antiquities English) the socket of the hipbone; 3 (context Roman Antiquities English) a measure of about one eighth of a pint 4 (context anatomy English) The bony cup which receives ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acetabulum \Ac`e*tab"u*lum\, n. [L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] (Rom. Antiq.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc. (Anat.) The bony cup which receives the head ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In Ancient Roman measurement, the acetabulum was a measure of volume (fluid and dry) equivalent to the Greek . It was one-fourth of the hemina and therefore one-eighth of the sextarius . It contained the weight in water of fifteen Attic drachmae . Used ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint [syn: cotyloid cavity ] [also: acetabula (pl)]
Usage examples of acetabulum.
My eyes were a little blurry as I ran them over her femur, acetabulum, ilium, sacrum, and so on.
It has a large round head, which is received into the acetabulum, thus affording a good illustration of a ball and socket joint.
Would it stay obstinately still or would I feel it riding up the side of the acetabulum on the way to its proper home?
The acetabulum was instead the rounded concavity in the innominate bone that formed the hip joint in conjunction with the femur, which sounded like a jungle cat but was another bone.