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DELTOID EMINENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deltoid eminence mean? 

DELTOID EMINENCE (noun)
  The noun DELTOID EMINENCE has 1 sense:

1. a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attachesplay

  Familiarity information: DELTOID EMINENCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DELTOID EMINENCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

deltoid eminence; deltoid tuberosity

Hypernyms ("deltoid eminence" is a kind of...):

eminence; tubercle; tuberosity (a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament)

Holonyms ("deltoid eminence" is a part of...):

humerus (bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow)


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