acromion

From Ancient Greek ἀκρώμιον (akrṓmion), variant of ἀκρωμία (akrōmía, “acromion”). Compare -ion, especially in acropodion.

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkɹoʊ.mi.ən/

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acromion (plural acromions or acromia)

1. (anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.

   Synonym: acromial process

   • 1807, William Beatty, The Death of Lord Nelson‎^[1]:

     "The ball struck the fore part of HIS LORDSHIP'S epaulette; and entered the left shoulder immediately before the processus acromion scapulae, which it slightly fractured.

   • 1904, Alexis Thomson, Alexander Miles, Manual of Surgery‎^[2]:

     The deltoid is wasted, and the acromion unduly prominent.

   • 1998 November 13, Paul C. Sereno et al., “A Long-Snouted Predatory Dinosaur from Africa and the Evolution of Spinosaurids”, in Science‎^[3], volume 282, number 5392, →DOI, pages 1298–1302:

     Complete pectoral and pelvic bones show a deep subrectangular acromion on the scapula and a low obturator flange on the ischium.

   • 1999 August 27, Steve Ward et al., “Equatorius: A New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya”, in Science‎^[4], volume 285, number 5432, →DOI, pages 1382–1386:

     The preserved portions of the scapula are sufficient to determine that the acromion projected well beyond the glenoid and that the axillary margin was longer than the vertebral.

   • 2009, Science‎^[5], pages 2239–2242:

     The clavicle is a small flat bone like that of a dog (1), here preserved near the coracoid processes lying parallel to and slightly behind the acromion.

• Comorian, Románico, armonico, armónico, macroion

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros), "highest" + Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos), "shoulder".

• IPA^(key): /a.kʁɔ.mjɔ̃/

acromion m (plural acromions)

1. (anatomy) acromion

• acromial

• “acromion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκρώμιον (akrṓmion).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkroː.mi.ɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈkrɔː.mi.on]

acrōmion n (genitive acrōmiī); second declension

1. (anatomy) acromion

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

• "acromia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Borrowed from French acromion.

acromion n (plural acromioane)

1. acromion

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”) + Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈkɾomjon/ [aˈkɾo.mjõn]
• Rhymes: -omjon
• Syllabification: a‧cro‧mion

acromion m (plural acrómiones)

1. (anatomy) acromion

• “acromion”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024