labrum

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An MRI on Tuesday revealed the tear in the labrum, which is fibrous tissue around the sockets in shoulders.

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  1. noun A lip or liplike structure, such as the one forming the roof of the mouth in insects.
  2. noun The outer margin of the opening of a gastropod shell.

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  • An MRI on Tuesday revealed the tear in the labrum, which is fibrous tissue around the sockets in shoulders. —  WESH.com - Local News
  • The type of cyst that Rodriguez has is the result of a torn labrum -- a band that rings the hip joint, securing the head of the femur in the hip. —  SI.com
  • Elton Brand received an MRI after last night's game that revealed a fracture of the humeral head (bone) and a tear of the labrum, the Sixers announced in a press release. —  Philly.com - Latest Videos
  • The labrum is a piece of cartilage that goes around the mouth of the acetabulum, which is a cup.
  • Centanni has been hampered the past two seasons with an injured left labrum, an injury he sustained running into an outfield wall in San Diego early during his sophomore season.
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  1. Latin, lip; see leb- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Latin, a lip, edge, margin, akin 10 labium, a lip: see labium.
  2. Latin labrum, contraction of lavabrum, from lavare, wash: see lave and compare lavatory, laver.
 

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