Definition of Acromial

1. a. Of or pertaining to the acromion.

Definition of Acromial

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to the acromion ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acromial

1. acromion [adj] - See also: acromion

Medical Definition of Acromial

1. Of or pertaining to the acromion. Origin: Cf. F. Acromial. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acromial

acromegalia
acromegalic
acromegalic gigantism
acromegalics
acromegalies
acromegalogigantism
acromegaloidism
acromegaloidisms
acromegaly
acromelalgia
acromelic
acromelic dwarfism
acromesomelia
acrometagenesis
acromia
acromial (current term)
acromial angle
acromial arterial network
acromial artery
acromial articular facies of clavicle
acromial articular surface of clavicle
acromial branch of suprascapular artery
acromial branch of thoracoacromial artery
acromial end of clavicle
acromial extremity of clavicle
acromial plexus
acromial process
acromial reflex
acromicria
acromikria

Literary usage of Acromial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical treatise on fractures and dislocations by Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1907)
"Of the Sternal End : Forward, backward, upward—Of the acromial End : Supra-acromial ... T cent, are of the clavicle, those of the acromial are five times as ..."

2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"acromial Region. Deltoid. The deep fascia covering the Deltoid (deltoid aponeurosis) is a fibrous layer which covers the outer surface of the muscle, ..."

3. Lectures on appendicitis and notes on other subjects by Robert Tuttle Morris (1899)
"IN two cases of dislocation at the acromial end of the clavicle I made a ... Dislocation of acromial end of clavicle. Right shoulder broadened and drooping. ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1871)
"rupture of the acromio-clavicular ligaments not only, but also of the coraco-acromial and coraco-clavicular ligaments; the outer extremity of the bone ..."

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