humeral
Americanadjective
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Anatomy, Zoology. of or relating to the humerus or brachium.
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of or relating to the shoulder.
adjective
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anatomy of or relating to the humerus
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of or near the shoulder
Other Word Forms
- posthumeral adjective
- subhumeral adjective
Etymology
Origin of humeral
1605–15; < Latin ( h ) umer ( us ) humerus + -al 1; compare Late Latin ( h ) umerāle shoulder covering, cape
Example Sentences
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“With shoulder injuries or humeral stress fractures, those are difficult to save because you have a four-legged animal that you can’t say, ‘Stay in bed until this heals.’”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2023
“Surgery August 12, 1947. Resection of humeral head.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021
A bone on the back side of his humerus was elevated two centimeters out of position, and the humeral head sagged out of its socket.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2017
A study published in March in the American Journal of Sports Medicine looked at proximal humeral epiphysiolysis, or Little League shoulder, which is similar to a stress fracture in the growth plate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2016
Humeral bristles: in Diptera, are situated on the humeral callus.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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