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hu⋅mer⋅us

  [hyoo-mer-uhs or, often, yoo-]
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–noun, plural -mer⋅i  [-muh-rahy] . Anatomy.
1. the long bone in the arm of humans extending from the shoulder to the elbow. See diagrams under shoulder, skeleton.
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:
1350–1400; ME < L (h)umerus shoulder; c. Gk ômos, Goth ams, Skt ámsas
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hu·mer·us   (hyōō'mər-əs)   


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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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Main Entry: hu·mer·us
Pronunciation: 'hyüm-(&-)r&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural hu·meri /'hyü-m&-"rI, -"rE/
: the longest bone of the upper arm or forelimb extending from the shoulder to the elbow, articulating above by a rounded head with the glenoidfossa, having below a broad articular surface divided by a ridge into a medial pulley-shaped portion and a lateral rounded eminence that articulate with the ulna and radius respectively, and providingvarious processes and modified surfaces for the attachment of muscles
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humerus hu·mer·us (hy&oomacr;'mər-əs)
n. pl. hu·mer·i (-mə-rī')
The long bone of the arm or forelimb, extending from the shoulder to the elbow.

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humerus

long bone of the upper limb or forelimb of land vertebrates that forms the shoulder joint above, where it articulates with a lateral depression of the shoulder blade (glenoid cavity of scapula), and the elbow joint below, where it articulates with projections of the ulna and the radius

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