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interacetabular

interacetabular adjective: between acetabula.

Adjective

interacetabular (not comparable)

  1. Between acetabula.
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Origin of interacetabular

From inter- + acetabular.

Questions about interacetabular

What does interacetabular mean?
Interacetabular means between acetabula.
What part of speech is interacetabular?
Interacetabular is an adjective.

Words near interacetabular in the dictionary

  1. interabsorption
  2. interacademic
  3. interacademy
  4. interaccusation
  5. interaccusations
  6. interacetabular
  7. interacial
  8. interacinar
  9. interacromial
  10. interact
  11. interact with

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