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• Acetabular fossa

  acetabular fossa acetabular fossa n. A depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum above the acetabular notch.

• Acetabulectomy

  acetabulectomy acetabulectomy ac·e·tab·u·lec·to·my (ās’ĭ-tāb’yə-lěk’tə-mē) n. Excision of the acetabulum.

• Acetabuliform

  saucer-shaped, as the fruiting bodies of certain lichens. Historical Examples acetabuliform: like a shallow saucer with more or less incurved sides. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

• Acetabuloplasty

  acetabuloplasty acetabuloplasty ac·e·tab·u·lo·plas·ty (ās’ĭ-tāb’yə-lō-plās’tē) n. Surgical repair of the acetabulum.

• Acetal

  Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes. any of a class of compounds of aldehydes with alcohols. noun 1,1-diethoxyethane; a colourless volatile liquid used as […]

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