Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The long bone of the arm or forelimb, extending from the shoulder to the elbow.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy: The bone of the upper arm, extending from the shoulder-joint to the elbow-joint.
- noun The proscapula of fishes: so called by Cuvier and his followers.
- noun The mesocoracoid of fishes: so designated by Owen and others.
- noun The shoulder or upper arm and associated parts.
- noun In entomology: The femur of the fore leg; the brachium.
- noun The subcostal or sub-marginal vein of the fore wing of certain hymenopters.
- noun The front corner of the thoracic region seen from above; the shoulder: this may be the prothorax, as in
Coleoptera , or the mesothorax, as inDiptera .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb.
- noun The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The
bone of the upper arm.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The anatomical neck of the humerus presses against the anterior edge of the glenoid, and there is frequently an _indentation fracture of the head of the humerus_ where the two bones come into contact (F.M. Caird).
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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P. conybeari, based on caudal vertebrae, chevrons and a large and gracile humerus, is a basal titanosauriform, perhaps a brachiosaurid.
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The humerus is the big bone that runs from the elbow up to the shoulder.
The Best Revenge White, Stephen, 1951- 2003
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The humerus is the big bone that runs from the elbow up to the shoulder.
The Best Revenge White, Stephen, 1951- 2003
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_Fractures of the humerus_ of every variety were common, and I think when the statistics of the campaign are published, it will be shown that the humerus was the most frequently injured individual bone in the whole body.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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The outer aspect of the head of the humerus is a common situation for the production of a special form of broken canal or groove (fig. 53).
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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The humerus is the strongest bone of the upper extremity.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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"Yes, a fractured humerus, which isn't as funny as it sounds."
The Man in Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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The first bone is called the humerus, and is the largest and strongest bone of the wing, extending from the shoulder to the elbow.
Our Bird Comrades 1896
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In young subjects, infective processes result chiefly from extension of disease from the upper epiphysial junction of the humerus, which is partly included within the limits of the synovial cavity.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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