acromion

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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.

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

acromion m (plural acromions)

  1. (anatomy) acromion

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French acromion.

Noun

acromion n (plural acromioane)

  1. acromion

Declension

Declension of acromion
singular plural
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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

acromion m (plural acrómiones)

  1. (anatomy) acromion

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