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cruciate

noun as in crucifix

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That action puts a stress in the anterior cruciate ligament.

Cruciato-complicatus: folded crosswise: incumbent wings when the inner margins overlap; not well distinguished from cruciate.

It may even slip past the condyle and into the intercondyloid notch, and come to lie against the cruciate ligaments.

Each pileated piece of the skeleton has four equal, cruciate, triangular meshes.

The lateral branches of the styles are usually very numerous and regularly cruciate in alternating opposite pairs.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cruciate, such as: rood, and x.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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