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Humerus

//ˈhjuːməɹəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The bone of the upper arm.

    "Jojo was fine, however—well, she had a fractured humerus and needed to stay overnight, but it could’ve been a lot worse."

  2. 2
    bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow wordnet

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsosder. Latin umerus Late Latin humeruslbor. English humerus Learned borrowing from Late Latin humerus, from umerus. Cognate with Spanish hombro (“shoulder”).

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