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Definition of Acromion
1. Noun. The outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade.
Group relationships: Scapula, Shoulder Blade, Shoulder Bone
Generic synonyms: Appendage, Outgrowth, Process
Definition of Acromion
1. n. The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.
Definition of Acromion
1. Noun. (anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acromion
1. the outward end of the shoulder blade [n -MIA] : ACROMIAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Acromion
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Literary usage of Acromion
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1. The Science and art of surgery by John Eric Erichsen (1854)
"The acromion, forming as it does the very tip of the shoulder, is more frequently
broken than any other of the bony structures in this neighborhood. ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"Fracture of the acromion process usually arises from violence applied to the
upper and outer part of the shoulder; it is generally known by the rotundity of ..."
3. The Anatomy of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1802)
"The acromion prevents luxation upwards, and is fo far a part of the joint, that
when it is full under the acromion, the joint is fafe; ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The acromion.—The acromion forms the summit of the shoulder, and is a large,
somewhat triangular or oblong process, flattened from behind forward, ..."
5. Dislocations and joint-fractures by Frederic Jay Cotton (1910)
"FRACTURE OF THE acromion Fracture of the acromion is often diagnosed, ...
Any deformity is in the direction of a dropping downward of the acromion. ..."
6. The Medical Times and Gazette (1875)
"When the head of the humérus is in its socket, it projects outwards beyond the
extremity of the acromion from half an inch to an inch, varying more or less ..."
7. A Practical treatise on fractures and dislocations by Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1899)
"The acromion is exposed to fracture by blows received directly upon it, and also
through the humérus, as in a fall upon the elbow, and occasionally by ..."
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