anterior cruciate ligament
nounDefinition of anterior cruciate ligament
: a cruciate ligament of each knee that attaches the front of the tibia with the back of the femur and functions especially to prevent hyperextension of the knee and is subject to injury especially by tearing
— called also ACL
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Watkins is 12 months removed from tearing his right anterior cruciate ligament, an injury that forced him to miss last season. — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, "Chargers believe they’re covered with Adrian Phillips at safety in place of Derwin James," 20 Aug. 2019 Williamson tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee with 3:52 left in the first half with mostly backups playing. — Dennis Waszak Jr., courant.com, "Bell won’t make Jets debut until regular season," 19 Aug. 2019 Bigger and stronger and still arguably the fastest wide receiver on the roster with a 4.28 time in the 40-yard dash, Fuller has made a sound recovery from a torn anterior cruciate ligament. — Aaron Wilson, Houston Chronicle, "Texans' Will Fuller has upgraded hands," 17 Aug. 2019 Cooke tore her anterior cruciate ligament in practice three days before she was set to leave for Australia to play professional basketball in March 2017. — Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Cassie Cooke trains local athletes, stresses injury prevention and ‘female empowerment’," 4 Aug. 2019 Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh announced Monday right tackle Andrew Stueber tore his anterior cruciate ligament and is out for the season. — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan football's Andrew Stueber out for season with ACL tear," 21 July 2019 Smith tore his left anterior cruciate ligament after catching a screen pass on the opening drive of a 21-14 win over Fresno State last September. — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, "Gophers running back Rodney Smith to feature more in passing game," 29 July 2019 Holding has been out of action since rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in a match against Manchester United in December. — SI.com, "Rob Holding Set to Miss the Start of Arsenal's Season Through Injury," 30 June 2019 But a torn anterior cruciate ligament ended Lawson's 2018 campaign at seven games. — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, "Carl Lawson finds inspiration in ‘Dragon Ball Z’," 14 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'anterior cruciate ligament.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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