medial collateral ligament

English

Noun

medial collateral ligament (plural medial collateral ligaments)

  1. (anatomy) One of the four main ligaments of the knee.
    • 2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.

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