cruciate
IPA: krˈusieɪt
verb
- (obsolete) To torture; to torment.
adjective
- In the form of a cross; cross-shaped; cruciform.
- Overlapping or crossing.
- (obsolete) Tormented.
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Examples of "cruciate" in Sentences
- Torn anterior cruciate ligament.
- Anterior cruciate ligament injury.
- Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
- Evans tore the anterior cruciate ligament.
- And left the ACL and Cruciate articles alone.
- The injury sustained was a cruciate ligament tear.
- The knee is stabilized by a pair of cruciate ligaments.
- A well known example is the cruciate ligaments of the knee.
- '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.
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