ACROMION (acromia)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: acromia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does acromion mean? 

• ACROMION (noun)
  The noun ACROMION has 1 sense:

1. the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade

  Familiarity information: ACROMION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACROMION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

acromial process; acromion

Hypernyms ("acromion" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Holonyms ("acromion" is a part of...):

scapula; shoulder blade; shoulder bone (either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings)

 Context examples 

The junction of the upper distal end of the scapula to the distal edge of the collarbone, also known as the acromion and the clavicle.

(Acromioclavicular Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

The muscle that creates the rounded contour of the shoulder which originates from the lateral third of the clavicle, the superior surface of the acromion process, and the posterior border of the spine of the scapula and inserts on the lateral side of the shaft of the humerus.

(Deltoid, NCI Thesaurus)