See Also: linking number(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
linking(dictionary)
linking verb(dictionary)
Cross linking(medicine)
Linking method(finance)
Linking method(money)
Acromioclavicular(medicine)
cross-linking reagent(medicine)
acromioclavicular sprain(medicine)

acromioclavicular ligament (medicine) and linking number (medicine)


acromioclavicular ligament (medicine)


acromioclavicular ligament
<anatomy> A fibrous band extending from the acromion of the scapula to the clavicle.

Synonym: ligamentum acromioclaviculare.


linking number (medicine)


linking number


A property of a long biopolymer (such as duplex DNA) equal to the number of twists (related to the frequency of turns around the central axis of the helix) plus the writhing number.