coracoid

American  

[kawr-uh-koid, kor-] / ˈkɔr əˌkɔɪd, ˈkɒr- /

adjective

1. pertaining to the bone that in reptiles, birds, and monotremes articulates with the scapula and the sternum and that in humans and other higher mammals is a reduced bony process of the scapula having no connection with the sternum.

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noun

1. a coracoid bone or process.

coracoid British  

/ ˈkɒrəˌkɔɪd /

noun

1. a paired ventral bone of the pectoral girdle in vertebrates. In mammals it is reduced to a peg (the coracoid process ) on the scapula

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Other Word Forms

• intercoracoid
  adjective
• precoracoid
  adjective
• subcoracoid
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of coracoid

1700–10; < New Latin coracoīdēs < Greek korakoeidḗs ravenlike, hooked like a raven's beak, equivalent to korak- (stem of kórax ) raven + -oeidēs -oid

Example Sentences

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coracoid

He was cut in March of 2016 before signing with the Browns later that month, but he played just five games after suffering a fractured coracoid bone in his left shoulder.

From Washington Post ● May 24, 2018

In the first game of the season, Griffin fractured his coracoid bone in his shoulder, and he hasn’t played since.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2016

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

This end is also anchored to the coracoid process of the scapula by the coracoclavicular ligament, which provides indirect support for the acromioclavicular joint.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

This forms a kind of hook curved towards the inside; it represents the coracoid process.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard