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ACROMION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: acromia   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade

Synonyms:

acromial process; acromion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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)

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