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humerus

long bone of the upper arm: She broke her humerus.

Not to be confused with:

humorous – marked by humor; funny, witty: She always says something humorous.

hu·mer·us

(hyo͞o′mər-əs)

n. pl. hu·mer·i (-mə-rī′)

The long bone of the arm or forelimb, extending from the shoulder to the elbow.

[Latin, upper arm.]

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humerus

(ˈhjuːmərəs)

n, pl -meri (-məˌraɪ)

1. (Anatomy) the bone that extends from the shoulder to the elbow

2. (Zoology) the corresponding bone in other vertebrates

[C17: from Latin umerus; related to Gothic ams shoulder, Greek ōmos]

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hu•mer•us

(ˈhyu mər əs; often ˈyu-)

n., pl. -mer•i (-məˌraɪ)

1. the long upper bone of the vertebrate arm or forelimb, extending from the shoulder to the elbow.

2. brachium (def. 1).

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin (h)umerus shoulder; c. Greek ômos, Gothic ams, Skt ámsas]

hu·mer·us

(hyo͞o′mər-əs)

The bone of the upper arm or the upper portion of the foreleg. See more at skeleton.

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humerus

The upper arm bone.

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Noun

humerus - bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow

deltoid eminence, deltoid tuberosity - a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches

arm - a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

arm bone - a bone in the arm

Translations

Oberarmknochen

húmero

omero

humerus

[ˈhjuːmərəs] N (humeri (pl)) [ˈhjuːməraɪ] → húmero m

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humerus

n → Oberarmknochen m

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humerus

[ˈhjuːmərəs] n → omero

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hu·mer·us

n. L. húmero, hueso largo del brazo.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

humerus

n (pl -ri) húmero

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Material: SDNMH; 50668, distal right humerus; 51597 and 51598, distal left humeri; 51604 and 51605, right coracoids; 50673 and 61249, distal right ulnae; 50601, proximal left unla; 50699, proximal right tibiotarsus; 51612, right tarsometatarsus; 50697 vertebra.

Avian material from Rancho del Oro, a Pleistocene locality in San Diego County, California

Humeri widely rounded, basal margin indistinct, almost reaching scutellum.

Notes on the genus Somoplatus Dejean, 1829 (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with descriptions of five new species

Callier "reconstructed" the animals using imaging software to analyze the CT scans, focusing on the shapes of the two species' upper arm bones, or humeri. The CT slices revealed that Clack had found the first juvenile forms of Ichthyostega.

Earlier water-to-land transition found

Callier "reconstructed" the animals using imaging software (Amira and Mimics) to analyze the CT scans, focusing on the shapes of the two species' upper arm bones, or humeri.

Fossils suggest earlier land-water transition of tetrapod

Examination of the elbow and, in particular, the Epicondylus humeri lateralis and medialis for pain caused by pressure.

Fibromyalgia: a clear diagnosis is possible

40mg) from both of the Neanderthals (both from right humeri) found at this site and we successfully extracted small amounts of collagen from each following methods outlined in Richards and Hedges (1999) and Brown et al.

Isotope evidence for the diet of the Neanderthal type specimen

* Standing lateral should include humeri parallel to the floor with elbows bent.