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cruciate

[ kroo-shee-it, -eyt ]

adjective

  1. shaped like a cross; cross-shaped.
  2. Botany. having the form of a cross with equal arms, as the flowers of mustard.
  3. Entomology. crossing diagonally when at rest, as the wings of certain insects.


cruciate

/ ˈkruːʃɪɪt; -ˌeɪt /

adjective

  1. shaped or arranged like a cross

    cruciate petals

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. informal.
    1. ( as modifier )

      cruciate problems

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈcruciately, adverb
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Other Words From

  • cruci·ate·ly adverb
  • post·cruci·ate adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cruciate1

1675–85; < New Latin cruciātus, equivalent to Latin cruci- (stem of crux ) cross + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cruciate1

C17: from New Latin cruciātus, from Latin crux cross
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Example Sentences

That action puts a stress in the anterior cruciate ligament.

Cruciato-complicatus: folded crosswise: incumbent wings when the inner margins overlap; not well distinguished from cruciate.

It may even slip past the condyle and into the intercondyloid notch, and come to lie against the cruciate ligaments.

Each pileated piece of the skeleton has four equal, cruciate, triangular meshes.

The lateral branches of the styles are usually very numerous and regularly cruciate in alternating opposite pairs.

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