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acetabulum
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ACETABULUM
n.[L. from acetum, vinegar. See Acid. ] Among the Romans a vinegar cruse or like vessel, and a measure of about one eighth of a pint. 1. In anatomy, the cavity of a bone for receiving the protuberant end of another bone, and therefore forming the articulation called enarthrosis. It is used especially for the cavity of the os innominatum, which receives the head of the thigh bone.
2. In botany, the trivial name of a species of peziza, the cup peziza; so called from its resemblance to a cup.
3. A glandular substance found in the placenta of some animals.
4. It is sometimes used in the sense of Cotyledon.
5. A species of lichen.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ACETABULUM
Ac `e *tab "u *lum, n. Etym: [L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
2. (Anat. ) (a ) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b ) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body. (c ) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals. (d ) The large posterior sucker of the leeches. (e ) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
New American Oxford Dictionary
acetabulum
ac e tab u lum |ˌasiˈtabyələm ˌæsəˈtæbjələm | ▶noun ( pl. acetabula |-lə | ) Anatomy the socket of the hipbone, into which the head of the femur fits. • Zoology any cup-shaped structure, esp. a sucker. DERIVATIVES ac e tab u lar adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a vinegar cup, hence a cup-shaped cavity ): from Latin, from acetum ‘vinegar ’ + -abulum, denoting a container.
Oxford Dictionary
acetabulum
acetabulum |ˌasɪˈtabjʊləm | ▶noun ( pl. acetabula |-lə | ) 1 Anatomy the socket of the hip bone, into which the head of the femur fits. 2 Zoology any cup-shaped structure, especially a sucker. DERIVATIVES acetabular adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a vinegar cup, hence a cup-shaped cavity ): from Latin, from acetum ‘vinegar ’ + -abulum, denoting a container.
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