cruciate

/'kru:ʃieit/

Thân thiện

The surgeon examined the patient's torn cruciate ligament.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Shaped like a cross: Having the form of a cross, with two lines intersecting, typically at right angles. This term is most commonly used in biological and anatomical contexts to describe structures.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The plant has a distinctive cruciate arrangement of its petals.
  • The cruciate ligaments in the knee are so named because they cross each other.
  • Under the microscope, the cells showed a cruciate pattern.

Advanced Usage

• "Cruciate ligament": A specific anatomical term for ligaments in the knee (anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments) that cross each other.
  • The athlete tore her anterior cruciate ligament during the game.
• "Cruciate suture": A surgical stitch pattern that forms a cross.
  • The surgeon used a cruciate suture to close the wound securely.

Variants and Related Words

• Cruciform (adj): A more general synonym meaning "cross-shaped."
  • The church was built in a cruciform design.
• Cruciately (adv): In a cross-shaped manner. (Note: This is a rare, technical adverb.)
• Decussate (adj): Crossed or intersected, often in an X-shape. Used in botany and anatomy as a near-synonym.
  • The leaves are arranged in decussate pairs.

Synonyms

• Cross-shaped: Having the form of a cross.
• Cruciform: Shaped like a cross.

Related Phrases

• Cruciate incision: A surgical cut made in the shape of a cross.
  • A cruciate incision was made to access the underlying tissue.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. shaped like a cross

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cruciform