Situated in front of or anterior to an acetabulum, originally especially that of the hip, later also the sucker by which a trematode attaches itself to its host.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Richard Owen (1804–1892), comparative anatomist and palaeontologist.
Definition of pre-acetabular in US English:
pre-acetabular
adjective
Anatomy Zoology
Situated in front of or anterior to an acetabulum, originally especially that of the hip, later also the sucker by which a trematode attaches itself to its host.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Richard Owen (1804–1892), comparative anatomist and palaeontologist.