acromion

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/əˈkɹoʊ.mi.ən/(US)

Definition of acromion

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
    “"The ball struck the fore part of HIS LORDSHIP'S epaulette; and entered the left shoulder immediately before the processus acromion scapulae, which it slightly fractured.”
    “The deltoid is wasted, and the acromion unduly prominent.”
    “Complete pectoral and pelvic bones show a deep subrectangular acromion on the scapula and a low obturator flange on the ischium.”
    “The preserved portions of the scapula are sufficient to determine that the acromion projected well beyond the glenoid and that the axillary margin was longer than the vertebral.”
    “The clavicle is a small flat bone like that of a dog (1), here preserved near the coracoid processes lying parallel to and slightly behind the acromion.”

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκρώμιον (akrṓmion), variant of ἀκρωμία (akrōmía, “acromion”), from ἄκρος (ákros, “summit”) + ὦμ- (ôm-, “shoulder”) + -ιον (-ion, “noun suffix”). Compare -ion, especially in acropodion.

Anagrams of acromion

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