acromion

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkɹoʊ.mi.ən/

Noun

acromion (plural acromions or acromia)

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

Derived terms

• acromial
• acromioplasty
• metacromion
• pseudoacromion

 

Translations

outermost point of the shoulder blade

• Catalan: acromi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肩峰 (jiānfēng)

• Czech: nadpažek m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: olkalisäke
• German: Schulterhöhe (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀκρώμιον n (akrṓmion)

• Ido: akromio (io)
• Indonesian: akromion (id)
• Malay: akromion
• Portuguese: acrómio m (Portugal), acrômio m (Brazil)
• Romanian: acromion (ro) n
• Serbo-Croatian: akromìōn (sh) m
• Spanish: acromion (es) m
• Swedish: akromion (sv)

Anagrams

• Comorian, Románico, armonico, armónico, macroion

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kʁɔ.mjɔ̃/

Noun

acromion m (plural acromions)

1. (anatomy) acromion

Derived terms

• acromial

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French acromion.

Noun

acromion n (plural acromioane)

1. acromion

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	acromion	acromionul		acromioane	acromioanele
genitive-dative	acromion	acromionului		acromioane	acromioanelor
vocative	acromionule			acromioanelor

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

acromion m (plural acrómiones)

1. (anatomy) acromion

Related terms

• acromial
• acromiano

 

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10