acromion
English
editEtymology
editFrom acro- (“high, extremity”) + Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) + -ium (“biological structure”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editacromion (plural acromions or acromia)
- (anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
- 1807, William Beatty, The Death of Lord Nelson[1]:
- "The ball struck the fore part of HIS LORDSHIP'S epaulette; and entered the left shoulder immediately before the processus acromion scapulae, which it slightly fractured.
- 1904, Alexis Thomson, Alexander Miles, Manual of Surgery[2]:
- The deltoid is wasted, and the acromion unduly prominent.
- 1998 November 13, Paul C. Sereno et al., “A Long-Snouted Predatory Dinosaur from Africa and the Evolution of Spinosaurids”, in Science[3], volume 282, number 5392, , pages 1298–1302:
- Complete pectoral and pelvic bones show a deep subrectangular acromion on the scapula and a low obturator flange on the ischium.
- 1999 August 27, Steve Ward et al., “Equatorius: A New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya”, in Science[4], volume 285, number 5432, , pages 1382–1386:
- The preserved portions of the scapula are sufficient to determine that the acromion projected well beyond the glenoid and that the axillary margin was longer than the vertebral.
- 2009, Science[5], pages 2239–2242:
- The clavicle is a small flat bone like that of a dog (1), here preserved near the coracoid processes lying parallel to and slightly behind the acromion.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editoutermost point of the shoulder blade
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Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros), "highest" + Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos), "shoulder".
Pronunciation
editNoun
editacromion m (plural acromions)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “acromion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French acromion.
Noun
editacromion n (plural acromioane)
Declension
editDeclension of acromion
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) acromion | acromionul | (niște) acromioane | acromioanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) acromion | acromionului | (unor) acromioane | acromioanelor |
vocative | acromionule | acromioanelor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”) + Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editacromion m (plural acrómiones)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “acromion”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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