rotator cuff
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder responsible for rotating the humerus (upper arm bone).
Example Sentences
- "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."