cruciate

IPA: krˈusieɪt

Examples of "cruciate" in Sentences

'Everybody knows the cruciate is a bad injury but it is nowhere near as bad as it used to be.'
"Everybody knows the cruciate is a bad injury but it is nowhere near as bad as it used to be."
But when Bullard went down at West Ham he ruptured his cruciate which is a completely coincidental injury.
Carlisle, who admits he has been an "addict" of the show since childhood, had previously failed an audition during a long-term cruciate ligament injury lay-off from January 2001 to September 2002.
They are called cruciate because they cross each other somewhat like the lines of the letter X; and have received the names anterior and posterior, from the position of their attachments to the tibia.
Italian captain Parisse, currently sidelined with a long term cruciate knee ligament injury, is widely regarded as the best player in Italian rugby and has become an inspiration figure within Nick Mallett's national setup in recent times.
What is so ludicrous in the case from last Wednesday was that not only was the person that the police did this too a Premiership footballer, but he was on crutches having undergone a major operation after suffering cruciate ligament damage in the Everton match against Newcastle some weeks ago and the police tried to take his crutches away from him.