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rotator cuff | (n) a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move |
rotatory | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn, Syn. revolutionary |
dextrorotary | (adj) rotating to the right, Syn. dextrorotatory, right-handed |
levorotary | (adj) rotating to the left, Syn. left-handed, levorotatory |
pivot joint | (n) a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation, Syn. rotary joint, articulatio trochoidea, rotatory joint |
Circumrotatory | |
Dextrorotatory | a. [ Dextro- + rotatory. ] (Chem. & Opt.) Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; |
Laevorotatory | a. Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Levorotatory | a. [ Levo- + rotatory. ] (Chem. & Physics) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization of light towards the left; -- applied to crystals and compounds exhibiting optical activity, such as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc. Opposite of |
Rotator | n. [ L. ] |
Rotatoria | ‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Rotifera. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Rotatory | a. [ Cf. F. rotatoire. See Rotate, Rotary. ] |
Rotatory | n. (Zool.) A rotifer. [ R. ] Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ] |
abwechselnd | rotatory [Add to Longdo] |