ROTATOR CUFF

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("rotator cuff" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Meronyms (parts of "rotator cuff"):

deltoid; deltoid muscle; musculus deltoideus (a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm)

Holonyms ("rotator cuff" is a part of...):

articulatio humeri; shoulder; shoulder joint (a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula)

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