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labrum

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


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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

When the halfpipe superstar tore her labrum in her left shoulder in training a month ago, her hopes of becoming the first person to win three consecutive Olympic snowboarding gold medals were in jeopardy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

American Chloe Kim, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the halfpipe, will have to wear a shoulder brace after tearing her labrum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026

The maxillae are not piercing organs, and their function is to protect the mandibles and labrum and separate the hairs or feathers of the host.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 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

Verily, a speech worthy of the orator and of those who sent him, similes habent labra lactucas.

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow

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


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