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Scapula

noun

(pl. L. scapulae, E. scapulas)

Either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings. Synonyms: shoulder blade, shoulder bone.

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... following, in which the consuls were Publius Plautius Proculus and Publius Cornelius Scapula, was remarkable for no one transaction, civil or military, except the sending of a colony to Fregellae, a district which had belonged to the Sidicinians, and afterwards to the Volscians; and a distribution of meat to the people, made by Marcus Flavius, on occasion of the ...

— The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 • Titus Livius

... blue mucus. On examining the chest with the stethoscope, the crepitant ronchus was heard in the upper part of each lung. There was general dulness throughout the lower part of both, with the exception of a small space at the inferior angle of the left scapula, where pectoriloquy was distinctly heard, from which was concluded the cavernous state of a portion of that lung. The heart's action was languid, and often intermitting, producing vertigo and occasional syncope. The pulse was gradually becoming ...

— An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis • Archibald Makellar

Words linked to "Scapula" : articulatio humeri, shoulder joint, acromion, shoulder bone, glenoid cavity, shoulder blade, endoskeleton, shoulder, bone, glenoid fossa, acromial process, os