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Definition of Acromial process
1. Noun. The outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade.
Group relationships: Scapula, Shoulder Blade, Shoulder Bone
Generic synonyms: Appendage, Outgrowth, Process
Medical Definition of Acromial process
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Literary usage of Acromial process
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on fractures by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1916)
"Fracture through base of acromial process of scapula 282 305. ... Separation of
the epiphysis of the acromial process of the scapula 283 307. ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1825)
"These latter branches are joined with that portion of the scapula, which, from
a very obvious analogy, I should call its acromial process. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... and extend transversely to the acromial process of the scapula; the detail of
the attachments varies much. The girdle is most complete in ..."
4. The Treatment of fractures by Charles Locke Scudder (1902)
"CHAPTER VIII FRACTURES OF THE SCAPULA THE spine and acromial process, the coracoid
... The acromial process is prominent. The upper arm is lengthened. ..."
5. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1875)
"V., suggests that the deformity is in all probability due to irregular development
of the acromial process rather than to irregularity of the clavicle. ..."
6. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"The scapulae possess a very prominent and large acromial process, upon which rest
the dorsal or lateral ends of the clavicles. ..."
7. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1889)
"to a process on the preaxial border, which he identifies with the acromial process
of the Monotreme scapula, and marks by the letter e. ..."
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