asetabulum

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acētābulum (“acetabulum”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /asetaˈbulum/ [a.se.t̪aˈbu.lʊm]
  • Rhymes: -ulum
  • Syllabification: a‧se‧ta‧bu‧lum

Noun

asetabulum (plural asetabulum-asetabulum)

  1. acetabulum
    1. (anatomy) the bony cup of the hip bone which receives the head of the femur, socket of the hipbone
    2. (zoology) the large posterior sucker of the leeches

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