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medial collateral ligament en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. One of the four main ligaments of the knee in humans and certain other animals.
    • Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone. 2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN:

Forms

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medial collateral ligaments Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

LCL · UCL · ACL · PCL

Hypernyms

ligament · body part

Synonyms

MCL

wikidata: Q3241072