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labrum

[lay-bruhm, lab-ruhm] / ˈleɪ brəm, ˈlæb rəm /


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First baseman Freddie Freeman was out of the lineup Monday managing right knee soreness, and second baseman Miguel Rojas was playing through shoulder soreness after aggravating a longstanding partial tear in a labrum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Luffy beetles have the dorsal ridge teeth found in this lineage, but their labrum is not completely sclerotized.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

With just one competition under her belt this season, she dislocated her shoulder and sustained a torn labrum in what she described as the "silliest fall" in training in Switzerland last month.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

She said her labrum injury is less serious than feared, though it will prevent her from training before the Games.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

In front or above the mouth is bounded by the labrum, while the mandibles and first maxillae lie on either side of it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

Thomas was already playing with partially torn labra in both shoulders.

From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2020

He acknowledged the cold truths about torn labra: They can’t heal on their own, and most players who suffer similar ruptures end up on the operating table.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2019

First, they suggest that the anomalocaridid’s frontal appendages are analogous to the mouthparts, or labra, of arthropods.

From Nature ● Jul. 15, 2014

There is in the Vatican a magnificent porphyry labrum found in one of the imperial baths; and Baccius, a great modern authority on baths, speaks of labra made of glass.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

Many Latin neuter plurals were adopted into French as feminine singulars, e.g., cornua, corne, horn; labra, lèvre, lip; vela, voile, sail.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley




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