SCAPULOHUMERAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scapulohumeral mean? 

• SCAPULOHUMERAL (adjective)
  The adjective SCAPULOHUMERAL has 1 sense:

1. relating to the shoulder blade and upper arm bone

  Familiarity information: SCAPULOHUMERAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCAPULOHUMERAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to the shoulder blade and upper arm bone

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

humerus (bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow)

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

 Context examples 

In large animals it is placed over the 6th rib at the level of a horizontal line drawn through the scapulohumeral articulation on the left side of the thorax.

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