acetabular (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *acetabular*:
ADJECTIVE	all	acetabular, cotyloid, cotyloidal	of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone

English > *acetabular*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone.
Synonyms	cotyloid, cotyloidal
Broader	concave	curving inward
Spanish	acetabular
Nouns	acetabulum	the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint

HyperDic: acetabular