noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cruciate ligament
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The Chelsea player suffered a torn cruciate ligament.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
anterior
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He had been released by the Bullets and had missed the entire season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament .
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He has not played this season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament last season.
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Semenik tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Saturday.
medial
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Roebuck's ankle required surgery to repair the lateral and medial ligaments .
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Jurkovic suffered a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee and missed the rest of the game.
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He said the elbow, which has a torn medial collateral ligament , has been swollen all week.
■ NOUN
ankle
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Vinny Samways is definitely out after damaging ankle ligaments at Coventry.
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Phelan will be out for three weeks with damaged ankle ligaments and Hughes also has an ankle injury.
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Following summer surgery on his damaged ankle ligaments , Sterland hoped to return in Jim Beglin's testimonial against Liverpool.
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Jenkins is still suffering from the effects of an ankle ligament injury.
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He damaged ankle ligaments in the defeat at Chesterfield last Saturday and will be out for about three weeks.
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Ray Daniel, Pompey's regular left-back, will be out for three weeks after damaging ankle ligaments against Millwall.
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Now he is facing his toughest fight yet - back to fitness after suffering a fractured fibula and damaged ankle ligaments .
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Ince needed long treatment and it was later discovered he had damaged ankle ligaments .
cruciate
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Elliott suffered damage to the cruciate ligaments in his knee during an incident with Saunders at Anfield on September 5.
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He had been released by the Bullets and had missed the entire season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament .
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Elliott hurt cruciate ligaments when playing for Pisa, putting him out of the game for 18 months.
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He has not played this season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament last season.
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The Chelsea player damaged cruciate ligaments in the game and faces more surgery before he can return to action.
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Semenik tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Saturday.
damage
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Flanker Len Dineen received a broken ankle, and no.8 Victor Donnelly knee ligament damage .
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He suffered ligament damage in his hand two weeks ago in Palm Springs that required cortisone shots.
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Meanwhile, defender Graham Hill, sidelined since the start of the season by knee ligament damage , has resumed full training.
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He at least was heartened that there was no ligament damage found.
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Thomas will also miss most of those matches after having his right ankle put in plaster to repair ligament damage .
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After the game, she tearfully spoke of possible ligament damage .
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Sterland has missed the whole season so far with ankle ligament damage .
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But the watching scout only saw 27-goal Erskine carried off with suspected knee ligament damage .
injury
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Jenkins is still suffering from the effects of an ankle ligament injury .
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He is back in the squad after three weeks of treatment on a knee ligament injury at the Lilleshall Rehabilitation Centre.
knee
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But Palace yesterday played down fears that Salako aggravated the knee ligaments which required an operation last year.
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Spring focus: 2B Craig Biggio says he feels fine, but he is coming off surgery for two torn knee ligaments .
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Flanker Len Dineen received a broken ankle, and no.8 Victor Donnelly knee ligament damage.
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William Floyd, who tore three knee ligaments last October, had the anterior-cruciate repaired in January.
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The Stockton midfielder will be out for three weeks with damaged knee ligaments .
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I've had ruptured knee ligaments and hernias in the past.
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Therefore, when the body turns, the foot remains planted and the knee ligaments are torn.
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But Phil Veivers damaged knee ligaments against Bradford on Sunday and faces a month-long lay-off.
■ VERB
tear
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While appearing with them in Berlin in 1937 she tore a ligament and had to give up further hope of dancing.
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The tissue surrounds the torn ligaments that have limited his minutes and effectiveness in the past month.
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This tore the ligaments that had been repaired five months ago.
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His primary replacement, Junior Bryant, is questionable with a torn ligament in his right elbow.
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The 27-year-old Oldham keeper is likely to be out for the rest of the season after tearing wrist ligaments against Manchester United.
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Jurkovic suffered a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee and missed the rest of the game.
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Spring focus: 2B Craig Biggio says he feels fine, but he is coming off surgery for two torn knee ligaments .
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He had been released by the Bullets and had missed the entire season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An arm came loose and fell off, revealing scrunched up newsprint where there should have been ligament , bone and muscle.
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Because these abnormalities are in the bones or ligaments connected to the bones, muscle exercises will not work.
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Contortionists who are double-jointed have ligaments around their joints that are more elastic than normal.
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Flanker Len Dineen received a broken ankle, and no.8 Victor Donnelly knee ligament damage.
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Hostetler rejoined the lineup Sunday, after missing two games with strained ligaments in his right knee.
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I've had ruptured knee ligaments and hernias in the past.
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The damage was so severe that doctors repaired the tattered left knee with a cadaver ligament .
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The muscles are strengthened by an increased flow of blood, as are the ligaments that attach them to the bones.