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anterior cruciate ligaments

anterior cruciate ligaments is the plural of anterior cruciate ligament.

Meaning of anterior cruciate ligament

Noun

anterior cruciate ligament (plural anterior cruciate ligaments)

  1. One of a pair of cruciate ligaments (the other being the posterior cruciate ligament) in the human knee.
    • Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    ACL

Questions about anterior cruciate ligaments

What is anterior cruciate ligaments the plural of?
Anterior cruciate ligaments is the plural of anterior cruciate ligament.

Words near anterior cruciate ligaments in the dictionary

  1. anterior commissure
  2. anterior commissures
  3. anterior communicating arteries
  4. anterior communicating artery
  5. anterior cruciate ligament
  6. anterior cruciate ligaments
  7. anterior deltoid
  8. anterior deltoids
  9. anterior ethmoidal arteries
  10. anterior ethmoidal artery
  11. anterior inferior cerebellar arteries

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