acromialadj.
/əˈkrəʊmɪəl/, U.S. /əˈkroʊmiəl/ Anatomy and Zoology.
Of or relating to the acromion.
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acromial1800
biacromial1878
thoracacromial1887
thoracicacromial1891
thoracicoacromial1895
1800 A. Fyfe Compend. Anat. Human Body Illustr. III. Table xcviii. 67/2 The acromial branch.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 363/2 The acromial artery arises from the anterior side of the axillary artery.
1855 L. Holden Human Osteol. 111 The acromial end [of the clavicle] is broad and flattened.
1890 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Oct. 899/2 Mr. Bland Sutton gave details of a case of a woman, aged 26, from whom he removed the acromial half of the right clavicle for myeloid tumour.
1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. 57/2 The acromial fibres have a characteristic multipennate arrangement.
1998 Muscle News No. 33. 34/3 Movements occur only in association with movements of the shoulder and arm, the sternal end of the collar bone always moving in the opposite direction to the acromial end.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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