scapula
pronunciation
How to pronounce scapula in British English:
UK [ˈskæpjʊlə]
How to pronounce scapula in American English:
US [ˈskæpjələ]
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- Noun:
- either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings
Word Origin
- scapula (n.)
- "shoulder blade," 1570s, Modern Latin, from Late Latin scapula "shoulder," from Latin scapulae (plural) "shoulders, shoulder blades," perhaps originally "spades, shovels," on notion of similar shape, but animal shoulder blades might have been used as scraping tools in primitive times, from PIE *skap-, variant of *skep- "to cut, scrape" (see scabies).
Example
- 1. Primary non-hodgkin lymphoma of left scapula : case report .
- 2. A long on my scapula lipoma .
- 3. Then she started moving the thing up and down the scapula .
- 4. Ventral bone connecting the scapula to the sternum .
- 5. The scapula and ribs aren 't broken .