"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.
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Acromion
//əˈkɹoʊ.mi.ən//
Synonyms for "acromion" (1 found)
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16 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀκρώμιον noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Catalan
1 entries- acromi noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 肩峰 noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Czech
1 entries- nadpažek noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Finnish
1 entries- olkalisäke noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
German
1 entries- Schulterhöhe noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Ido
1 entries- akromio noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Indonesian
1 entries- akromion noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Latin
1 entries- acrōmion noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Malay
1 entries- akromion noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Portuguese
2 entries- acrómio noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
- acrômio noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Romanian
1 entries- acromion noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- akromìōn noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Spanish
1 entries- acromion noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Swedish
1 entries- akromion noun (outermost point of the shoulder blade)
Sample sentences
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The deltoid is wasted, and the acromion unduly prominent.
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Complete pectoral and pelvic bones show a deep subrectangular acromion on the scapula and a low obturator flange on the ischium.
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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.
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