acromion
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Origin of acromion
1605–15; < New Latin < Greek akrṓmion, equivalent to akro- acro- + ṓm ( os ) shoulder + -ion noun suffix
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Impingement syndrome occurs when the rotator cuff tendons become "impinged" between boney anatomical structures of the shoulder, i.e. the coracoid as well as the acromion.
From US News • May 11, 2016
The Tour's medical service described the injury as a right shoulder trauma and a "dislocation between the collarbone and the acromion".
From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2014
Extending laterally from the spine is a flattened and expanded region called the acromion or acromial process.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Posteriorly, the spine separates the supraspinous and infraspinous fossae, and then extends laterally as the acromion.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The patient is laid upon a firm mattress, and the surgeon, seated behind him while an assistant fixes the acromion, slowly and steadily extends the arm until it is raised well above the head.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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