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rotator

[roh-tay-ter, roh-tay-] / ˈroʊ teɪ tər, roʊˈteɪ- /


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The same technology could also have potential uses in post-traumatic OA, intervertebral disc degeneration, rotator cuff degeneration, and the localized delivery of other hydrophobic drug candidates.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

As Robby, McKay and others examine her and run a few tests, they determine she likely has rotator cuff tear, and that she’ll need X-rays to know if she has a fracture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026

After high school, I signed a minor-league contract but tore my rotator cuff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

That injury, which Phillips later said included a tear in the back of his rotator cuff, caused him to miss the early weeks of this past season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

“That’s cool. I swim the fly too. Or, I mean, I used to. Before I tore my rotator cuff.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

"The pentiptycene rotators utilized in this work have several pocket sites," commented Jin.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2023

NSF expects the pilot to affect 50 to 60 rotators over the next year.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 8, 2016

These rapid rotators spin so fast that their shapes are “flattened” into what we call oblate spheroids.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

The proximal fragment is kept tilted forward, rotated laterally, and abducted by the ilio-psoas muscle and the lateral rotators inserted in the region of the great trochanter.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

Do not forget, you captains of men, when you grease and trim your pumps and compressors and rotators, that the human machine needs some tending also.

From Danger! and Other Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


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