cruciate
Americanadjective
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shaped like a cross; cross-shaped.
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Botany. having the form of a cross with equal arms, as the flowers of mustard.
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Entomology. crossing diagonally when at rest, as the wings of certain insects.
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- cruciately adverb
- postcruciate adjective
Etymology
Origin of cruciate
1675–85; < New Latin cruciātus, equivalent to Latin cruci- (stem of crux ) cross + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Morris is still returning from an anterior cruciate ligament injury that has ruled her out for nine months, while Layzell has had multiple setbacks since impressing in a 2-0 win over Barcelona in October 2024.
From BBC
The fracture -- coming just over a week after she had ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee -- sent Vonn to the Ca' Foncello hospital in the city of Treviso, north of Venice.
From Barron's
And it happened to her a week earlier, too, when she sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament in a crash at Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
From Los Angeles Times
Vonn, 41, insisted that the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament she suffered in a crash in a World Cup race before the Milan-Cortina Games "had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever".
From Barron's
The question of whether she should have been racing at all with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament will be debated for years.
From Los Angeles Times
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