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rotator cuff en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder responsible for rotating the humerus (upper arm bone).
   • In my quest for world records, I ruined both my rotator cuffs. The cuff, a group of four relatively small (but important) shoulder muscles which control inward and outward rotation of the humerus, is particularly vulnerable to the kind of trauma gymnastics, weighlifting and powerlifting inflict. 1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, “Powersource: Ties that bind”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 21:

Forms

Hypernyms

scapulohumeral

Hyponyms

subscapularis · supraspinatus · teres minor · infraspinatus

Translations (15)

de Rotatorenmanschette (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · ar كُفَّة مُدَوَّرَة (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · cmn 肩袖 (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · cmn 旋轉肌袖 /旋转肌袖 (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · ru враща́тельная манже́та плеча́ (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · es manguito rotador (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · ru ротацио́нная манже́та (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · fr coiffe des rotateurs (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · nl rotatorenmanchet (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · ru враща́тельная манже́та (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · fi kiertäjäkalvosin (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · tr rotator manşet (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · hu rotátorköpeny (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · cmn 旋轉袖 /旋转袖 (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder) · cmn 旋轉肌 /旋转肌 (set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder)