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

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

Hart sustained a torn labrum against the Houston Texans in the playoffs, but said he expects to be cleared to return around mandatory minicamp, which begins June 10.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

Though, at the time, the team only publicly described the diagnosis as a partially dislocated shoulder, the NL MVP winner had also torn his left labrum.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2025

Mouth.—The labrum is moderately bullate, the longitudinal diameter of this part equalling about one third, or half of that of the rest of the mouth.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles