ACROMION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: acromia

Meaning:

The outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade

Synonyms:

acromial process; acromion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("acromion" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Holonyms ("acromion" is a part of...):

scapula; shoulder blade; shoulder bone (either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings)