acromion
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”) + Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈkɹoʊ.mi.ən/
Noun
acromion (plural acromions or acromia)
- (anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
- 1998 November 13, Paul C. Sereno et al., “A Long-Snouted Predatory Dinosaur from Africa and the Evolution of Spinosaurids”, in Science, 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, 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.
Derived terms
Translations
outermost point of the shoulder blade
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French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros), "highest" + Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos), "shoulder".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.kʁɔ.mjɔ̃/
Derived terms
Further reading
- “acromion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Declension
Declension of acromion
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”) + Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈkɾomjon/ [aˈkɾo.mjõn]
- Rhymes: -omjon
- Syllabification: a‧cro‧mion
Further reading
- “acromion”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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