acetabulum

English - Turkish

Definition of acetabulum in English Turkish dictionary

(anat.) hokka çukuru

asetabulum

hokka çukuru

{i} çanakçık

(isim) çanakçık

(Tıp) Hokka çukuru, çanakcık, fossa asetabularis

(Anatomi) sirke kasesi (anatomide kalça kemiğindeki eklem çukuru) örn: fossa acetabuli

Related Terms

acetabular

(Tıp) Acetabulum'a ait

English - English

Definition of acetabulum in English English dictionary

A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals

One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals

the socket of the hipbone

a vinegar cup

The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body

a measure of about one eighth of a pint

The large posterior sucker of the leeches

The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone

The cup-shaped cavity or socket at the base of the hipbone where the ball-shaped head of the femur fits

The 'cup' that holds the head or 'ball' of the thighbone

the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint

The area on the pelvis that is capable of becoming a hip socket In newborns this area is cartilage, as the child matures this area will ossify or harden into bone Sometimes also called the area of triradiate cartilage because three bones come together to form the acetabulum

: The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body

{i} hipbone socket (Anatomy); cup shaped form (Zoology)

: A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals

: The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone

: The large posterior sucker of the leeches

A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc

: One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals

Related Terms

acetabular

cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform

Acetabular

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

An acetabulum

acetable

The acetabulum

pyxis

acetabular

{s} cup-shaped, concave

helvella acetabulum

a helvella with a cup-shaped fertile body having a brown interior; the stalk is creamy white and heavily ribbed

Hyphenation

ac·e·ta·bu·lum

Etymology

[ -'ta-by&-l&m ] (noun.) 1661. Latin acetabulum (“a little saucer for vinegar”), from acetum (“vinegar”), from acere (“to be sour”)