HUMERUS
\hjˈuːməɹəs], \hjˈuːməɹəs], \h_j_ˈuː_m_ə_ɹ_ə_s]\
Definitions of HUMERUS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb.
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The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.
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The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb.
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The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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The most elevated part of the arm. The bones, which concur in forming it, are- the scapula, head of the humerus, and the clavicle, united together by strong ligaments, and covered by numerous muscles.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: os brachii, os humeri. The bone of the upper arm, articulating with the scapula above and the ulna and radius below. Its upper part comprises the surgical neck, the anatomical neck, the greater and lesser tuberosities, and the head of the bone; below, it terminates in the lateral and medial condyles, and the trochlea and the capitulum. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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