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humerus

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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hu·me·rus /ˈhjuːmərəs/ noun (plural humeri /-raɪ/) [countable] technical  HBHthe bone between your shoulder and elbow 肱骨
Examples from the Corpus
humerusBroken humerus and clavicle, again on the right.The horizontal axis has the most frequently preserved part of the bone, namely the distal humerus and proximal femur.Fig. 3.8 shows the percentage abundance of complete bones for the humerus plotted against the femur.Fig. 3.8 Relative completeness of the humerus and femur compared.The humerus rotates in its socket and alters the plane of the wing.
Origin humerus (1300-1400) Modern Latin Latin, upper arm, shoulder
hu·me·rus nounChineseSyllable
between and the Corpus your bone elbow shoulder


humerus
humerus /ˈhjuːmərəs/ noun (plural humeri /-raɪ/) [countable] technical
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Modern Latin
 Origin: Latin, 'upper arm, shoulder'
the bone between your shoulder and elbow


hu·merusBrE /ˈhjuːmərəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhjuːmərəs/ 🔊 noun (
plural
hu·meri BrE /ˈhjuːməraɪ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhjuːməraɪ/ 🔊
)
(anatomy 解剖学)
the large bone in the top part of the arm between the shoulder and the elbow 肱骨