scapul-

American  

1. variant of scapulo- before a vowel.

   scapulalgia.

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Usage

What does scapul- mean? Scapul- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning scapula, the technical name for the shoulder blade. It is used in some medical terms, especially in anatomy.Scapul- comes from the Latin scapula, meaning “shoulder.”Scapul- is a variant of scapulo-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels.Want to know more? Read our Words That Use scapulo- article.

Example Sentences

Pain: In right ear, as if meatus auditorius were obstructed; in facial muscles, in lungs, in the front and the back up to the scapul�; in right side of back, followed by violent sneezing; in upper arm, outside, near the shoulder; pain and twitching in the left thumb; in bend of left knee; in upper part of metatarsus of right foot; in great and little toe of left foot in morning; in sole of left foot.

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Respiratory Organs.—Slight, hacking cough, with pain in left scapul�.

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Indeed, the outside of nature is more truly drawn; the material commonplace, which can be systematized, catalogued, and 48 taught to all pains-taking mankind,—forms of ribs and scapul�,12 of eyebrows and lips, and curls of hair.

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Lastly, as our birds are supposed to be confined in an aviary, they would use their wings and legs but little, and certain parts of the skeleton, such as the sternum and scapul� and the feet, would in consequence become slightly reduced in size.

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With domestic pigeons, the length of the sternum, the prominence of its crest, the length of the scapul� and furcula, the length of the wings as measured from tip to tip of the radius, are all reduced relatively to the same parts in the wild pigeon.

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