cruciate
/kroo-shee-it, -eyt/US // ˈkru ʃi ɪt, -ˌeɪt //UK // (ˈkruːʃɪɪt, -ˌeɪt) //
十字架,十字架上的,十字架式,十字架上
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : shaped like a cross; cross-shaped.
- : Botany. having the form of a cross with equal arms, as the flowers of mustard.
- : Entomology. crossing diagonally when at rest, as the wings of certain insects.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as incrucifix
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Examples
That action puts a stress in the anterior cruciate ligament.
Cruciato-complicatus: folded crosswise: incumbent wings when the inner margins overlap; not well distinguished from cruciate.
It may even slip past the condyle and into the intercondyloid notch, and come to lie against the cruciate ligaments.
Each pileated piece of the skeleton has four equal, cruciate, triangular meshes.
The lateral branches of the styles are usually very numerous and regularly cruciate in alternating opposite pairs.
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