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hu·mer·us

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–noun, plural -mer·i

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1.	the long bone in the arm of humans extending from the shoulder to the elbow. See diagrams under shoulder, skeleton.

brachium.

3.	Zoology. a corresponding bone, structure, or region in the forelimbs of other animals or in the wings of birds or insects.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L (h)umerus shoulder; c. Gk ômos, Goth ams, Skt ámsas

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n. pl. hu·mer·i (-mə-rī')
The long bone of the arm or forelimb, extending from the shoulder to the elbow.

[Latin, upper arm.]

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humerus

1706, "bone of the upper arm," orig. (14c.) "shoulder," a misspelled borrowing of L. umerus "shoulder," from PIE *omesos (cf. Skt. amsah, Gk. omos, O.N. ass, Goth. ams "shoulder").

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humerus
noun
bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow

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Plural humeri (hy

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The bone of the upper arm or the upper portion of the foreleg. See more at skeleton.

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Humerus

Hu"me*rus\, n.; pl. Humeri. [L.] (Anat.) (a) The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb. (b) The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.

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