labrum

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With just one competition under her belt this season, she dislocated her shoulder and sustained a torn labrum in what she described as the "silliest fall" in training in Switzerland last month.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

The 25-year-old Kim suffered a torn labrum in her right shoulder in early January while training in Switzerland.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

She said her labrum injury is less serious than feared, though it will prevent her from training before the Games.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, who underwent surgery in the offseason to repair a labrum tear, hits a home run in his first at-bat of spring training.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025

Trō′phi, the mouth-parts of an insect—labium, labrum, maxill�, mandibles, lingua: the teeth of the pharynx of a rotifer.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various