Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Cupped; cup-like: in anatomy, specifically applied to the acetabulum or socket of the thigh-bone; acetabular: in entomology, applied to the cavity in which the coxa or basal joint of the leg is inserted.
- Pertaining to or connected with a cotyle.
- noun In entomology, one of the coxal cavities or hollows in the lower surface of the thorax in which the coxæ are articulated. Also called
acetabulum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Shaped like a cup; cup-shaped.
- adjective Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity.
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- adjective anatomy Shaped like a
cup . - adjective anatomy Relating to a cotyloid
cavity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone
Etymologies
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Examples
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They are sucked up by two cupping vessels, ( "cotyloid" -
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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They are sucked up by two cupping vessels, ( "cotyloid"
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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It should be particularly known that the union of all bones is, for the most part, by a head and socket (cotyle); in some of these the place (socket?) is cotyloid and oblong, and in some the socket is glenoid (shallow?).
On The Articulations 2007
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When, therefore, dislocation takes place inward, the leg appears longer than natural, when compared with the other leg, for two reasons truly; for the bone which articulates with the hip-joint is carried from above down to the ischium where it rises up to the pubes, upon it, then, the head of the femur rests, and the neck of the femur is lodged in the cotyloid foramen (foramen thyroideum?).
On The Articulations 2007
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I am inclined to ascribe this to the different anatomical arrangement of the two joints, particularly to the fact that the head of the femur is included in a bony cup, into the hollow of which it is accurately fixed by the resilient cotyloid fibro-cartilage.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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The deep cotyloid cavity renders disarticulation difficult and luxation does not often take place.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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The femeropelvic articulation is formed by the hemispherical head of the femur and the acetabulum; the latter constituting a cotyloid cavity which is deepened by the cotyloid ligament.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Another ligament, peculiar to Equidae -- the accessory (pubiofemoral) -- is attached to the head of the femur near the round ligament and passes through the cotyloid notch and along the under side of the pubis.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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The Glenoidal Labrum (labrum glenoidale; cotyloid ligament).
III. Syndesmology. 7. Articulations of the Lower Extremity. a. Coxal Articulation or Hip-joint 1918
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It is bounded by a prominent uneven rim, which is thick and strong above, and serves for the attachment of the glenoidal labrum (cotyloid ligament), which contracts its orifice, and deepens the surface for articulation.
II. Osteology. 6c. The Bones of the Lower Extremity. 1. The Hip Bone 1918
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