rotator cuff

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Noun

rotator cuff (plural rotator cuffs)

1. A set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder responsible for rotating the humerus (upper arm bone).
   • 1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, “Powersource: Ties that bind”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 21:

     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.

Hypernyms

• scapulohumeral

Hyponyms

• infraspinatus
• subscapularis
• supraspinatus
• teres minor

Translations

set of four smaller muscles in the shoulder

Arabic: كُفَّة مُدَوَّرَة f (kuffa(t) mudawwara) Chinese: Mandarin: 肩袖 (jiānxiù) Dutch: rotatorenmanchet f Finnish: kiertäjäkalvosin French: coiffe des rotateurs (fr) f German: Rotatorenmanschette f Hungarian: rotátorköpeny (hu) Russian: ротацио́нная манже́та f (rotaciónnaja manžéta), враща́тельная манже́та f (vraščátelʹnaja manžéta), враща́тельная манже́та плеча́ f (vraščátelʹnaja manžéta plečá) Spanish: manguito rotador m Turkish: rotator manşet