See Also: Cruciate ligament, anterior(health)
Anterior cruciate ligament(health)
anterior cruciate ligament(medicine)
cruciate ligament of leg(medicine)
Cruciate ligament, posterior(health)
cruciate ligament of the atlas(medicine)
posterior cruciate ligament(medicine)
Anterior cruciate injury(health)
anterior sternoclavicular ligament(medicine)
anterior talofibular ligament(medicine)

pie(2) (iou) and Anterior cruciate ligament (health)


pie(2) (iou)



pie noun2. ME.
[Prob. identical with PIE noun1, perh. because the miscellaneous contents of a pie are comparable with the miscellaneous objects collected by magpies.]
A baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, or Vegetables enclosed in (and often covered with) a layer of pastry. Also, such a dish with just a top layer of pastry. ME.
apple-pie, cottage-pie, mince-pie, pork-pie, pumpkin-pie, raised pie, rhubarb-pie, etc.
A collection of things made into a heap; spec. a pit or heap of potatoes or Other roots covered with straw and earth for storage and protection. local. E16.
A thing resembling a pie in shape, variety of content, etc. M19.
bran-pie, dirt-pie, mud-pie.
a. A highly desirable thing; a prize, a treat. Also, a bribe. M19.
E. M. Brent-Dyer I wouldn't have missed it for pie!
b. A thing easily accomplished or dealt with. L19.
c. Political favour or patronage. US slang. L19.
Wealth, market share, etc., considered as something to be shared out M20.
Wall Street Journal National Broadcasting Co...gets 30%..of the total Television advertising pie.
A group of wool buyers who share the wool they buy at a sale and so do not bid against one another. Austral. M20.
Phrases etc.: have a finger in the pie: see FINGER noun. NESSELRODE pie. PENNY pies. pie in the sky colloq. an unrealistic prospect of future happiness, esp. after present suffering; an extravagant promise unlikely to be fulfilled. porky-pie: see PORKY noun2. sweetie-pie: see SWEETIE 2.
Comb.: pie-biter (a) US a person who is fond of eating pies; fig. a person who takes part in political patronage; (b) Austral. slang = pie-eater (b) below; pie-card US slang (a) a meal-ticket; (b) (the holder of) a union-card; pie-cart NZ a stall, van, etc., from which hot Food or drink is sold; pie chart a circle divided into sectors with areas representing the relative quantities or frequencies of a set of items; pie-counter US a counter from which pies are sold; fig. a source of political favour or patronage; pie diagram = pie chart above; pie-eater (a) a person who eats pies; (b) Austral. slang a person of no importance, a fool; pie-eyed adjective (slang) intoxicated to such an extent that vision is affected; very drunk; pie-face a person with a round or blank face; a stupid person; pie-faced adjective having a round face or a blank facial expression; stupid; pie-funnel a support for a piecrust during Cooking; pie graph = pie chart above; pieman a man who makes pies for sale; pie-melon Austral. a variety of watermelon, Citrullus lanatus; pie-plant a plant providing fruit etc. for pies; spec. (US) rhubarb; pie-wagon US slang a police van used to carry prisoners.
pieless adjective (rare) M19.
pielet noun (rare) a small pie L19.

Anterior cruciate ligament (health)


ligament in the knee that crosses from the underside of the femur (the thigh bone) to the top of the tibia (the bigger bone in the lower leg). Abbreviated ACL. Injuries to the ACL can occur in a number of situations, including Sports, and can be quite serious, requiring surgery.