Definitions for humerus

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humerus hu·mer·us

Spelling: [hyoo-mer-uh s or, often, yoo-]

IPA: /ˈhyu mər əs or, often, ˈyu-/

Humerus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in humerus (ehmrsuu).

Definitions for humerus

noun

1. the long bone in the arm of humans extending from the shoulder to the elbow.
2. brachium.
3. Zoology. a corresponding bone, structure, or region in the forelimbs of other animals or in the wings of birds or insects.

Origin of humerus

1350-1400; Middle English Latin (h)umerus shoulder; cognate with Greek ômos, Gothic ams, Sanskrit ámsas

Examples for humerus

This is met with chiefly in the humerus and in the clavicle.

Facetiously derived, from its being the extremity of the humerus (humorous).

There had apparently been a fracture of the lower end of the humerus.

Entry and exit, in the upper third of the arm internal to the humerus.

There was also some callus on the posterior surface of the lower end of the humerus.

The brachium or upper arm includes only a single bone, the humerus.

There was no evident displacement of the head of the humerus forwards.

The scapula and humerus are like those of semijunctus in form.

It is the humerus that must be snapped in two, as close to the body as possible.

Isn't it at the lower third of the humerus, where the flexors divide?