acromion

From Ancient Greek ἀκρώμιον (akrṓmion), variant of ἀκρωμία (akrōmía, “acromion”). Compare -ion, especially in acropodion.

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkɹoʊ.mi.ən/

acromion (plural acromions or acromia)

1. (anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
   • 1807, William Beatty, The Death of Lord Nelson‎:

     "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:

     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, volume 282, number 5392, →DOI, 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, →DOI, 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, 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.

• Comorian, Románico, armonico, armónico, macroion

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros), "highest" + Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos), "shoulder".

• IPA^(key): /a.kʁɔ.mjɔ̃/

acromion m (plural acromions)

1. (anatomy) acromion

• acromial

• “acromion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Borrowed from French acromion.

acromion n (plural acromioane)

1. acromion

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”) + Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈkɾomjon/
• Rhymes: -omjon
• Syllabification: a‧cro‧mion

acromion m (plural acrómiones)

1. (anatomy) acromion

• “acromion”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10