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What is the noun for acetabulum?

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acetabulum
  1. (Roman Antiquities) a vinegar cup;
  2. (Roman Antiquities) the socket of the hipbone;
  3. (Roman Antiquities) a measure of about one eighth of a pint
  4. (anatomy) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
  5. (anatomy) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
  6. (anatomy) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
  7. (anatomy) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
  8. (anatomy) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
  9. Examples:
    1. “The extension of the outer connective tissue capsule that encloses the infundibulum is thinner than the portion covering the acetabulum.”
      “The pelvic component of the hip joint is called the acetabulum, which has contributions from the ischium, ilium and pubis.”
      “The chitinous cuticle that covers the infundibulum extends into and covers the inner surface of the acetabulum.”
acetable
  1. An ancient Roman measure, equivalent to about one eighth of a pint.
  2. An acetabulum.
acetabuloplasty
  1. (surgery) corrective surgery to the acetabulum
acetabulectomy
  1. (surgery) excision of the acetabulum
acetabula
  1. plural of acetabulum
  2. Examples:
    1. “Developmental hip dysplasia may be unilateral or bilateral and includes subluxated or dislocated hips and malformed acetabula.”
      “This cup is particularly suited for deep acetabula in primary interventions and in revision cases.”
acetabulae
  1. (nonstandard) plural of acetabulum
acetabulums
  1. plural of acetabulum
acetables
  1. plural of acetable
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