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Definition of Acetabula
1. acetabulum [n] - See also: acetabulum
Medical Definition of Acetabula
1. Plural of acetabulum. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acetabula
Literary usage of Acetabula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by William Harvey (1847)
"In the former part of my work, however, in the history of the fœtus in the deer,
I have mentioned the animals in which acetabula are found ; at the same ..."
2. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The acetabula or coxal cavities.—In some of the more specialized insects, as many
beetles for example, the basal segment of the ..."
3. Microscopic objects figured and described by John H. Martin (1870)
"Male insect about half the size of the female, and with acetabula to the hindermost
pair of legs. The parasite shows best when mounted in a cell with ..."
4. A Text-book of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1898)
"The acetabula. — These are the cavities in which the legs are inserted. They are
situated on each side of the posterior part of the sternum, in each of the ..."
5. Bibliographical Index of North American Fungi by William Gilson Farlow (1905)
"1822. Spreng, in L. Syst. Veg. 16 ed. :. d. 1827. Fr. SM 2:. 1822. S. Syn. Am.
Bor. 170 no. 745. 1834. Cke. Bull. Buf. Soc. 2 : 287. March 1875. acetabula ..."
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