Acl

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of anterior cruciate ligament. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Mark Zuckerberg shares photos from the hospital after undergoing knee surgery for a torn ACL suffered during MMA training."

  2. 2
    Initialism of anterior cruciate ligament.; An injury to the ACL.

    "He's having a pretty good year, coming off of an ACL."

  3. 3
    Initialism of access control list. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of action-centered leadership. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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anterior cruciate ligament

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"Knee surgeons at the University of Leuven in Belgium described, for the first time, a previously unknown ligament in the knee. The anterolateral ligament (ALL) appears to play an important role in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears."

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