cruciate

Examples

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• An anterior cruciate ligament that was repaired in the last year.

  Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

• For example, studies show that women have twice as many anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, injuries as men, both because of different anatomy and hormonal differences.

  Academic text (2010)

• After undergoing three surgeries to repair the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee, she played sparingly last season.

  Blog text (34)

• Mark earned the starting spot coming out of spring practices, beating out junior Mike Trumpy, who missed most of last season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

  Blog text (34)

• Gwen described a former teammate who had recovered from two anterior cruciate ligament knee reconstructions.

  Academic text (2002)

• The joint space, cartilage, and cruciate ligaments of the knee were lumped into a tapered elliptical cylinder.

  Academic text (1996)

• PREFORMATTED TABLE 2: Hormonal, Anatomic, and Environmental Factors Implicated in the Injury of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

  Academic text (2002)

• The practice squad receiver may have suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during special teams drills yesterday and is scheduled for an MRI today to confirm the diagnosis.

  Blog text (32)

• The cruciate ligaments (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) assist with flexion, extension, and sliding movements (see Figure 1).

  Academic text (2002)

• The plant has cruciate leaves that form a cross shape as they grow.

Synonyms

C

cross-shaped

vscruciate

1 2.9

In the shape of a cross with four arms

is the more formal single-word adjective for the same shape

C

cruciform

vscruciate

1 7.9

Shaped like a cross

is defined the same way but uses a different single-word form

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology