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shoulder blade

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shoulder blade
n.
See scapula.

shoulder blade
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the nontechnical name for scapula

shoulder blade  (shldr)
See scapula.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shoulder bladeshoulder blade - either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings
bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa - the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
acromial process, acromion - the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
articulatio humeri, shoulder joint, shoulder - a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
endoskeleton - the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates)

shoulder blade noun
Related words
technical name scapula
Translations
shoulder blade nscapola
shoulder blade nscapola

shoulder blade لَوْح الكَتِف lopatka skulderblad Schulterblatt ωμοπλάτη omóplato lapaluu omoplate lopatica scapola 肩甲骨 견갑골 schouderblad skulderblad łopatka omoplata лопатка skulderblad หัวไหล่ kürek kemiği xương vai 肩胛


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Scarce was his back turned toward the giant than the short-sword of the latter was plunged beneath his left shoulder blade, straight through his heart.
With these words he threw a footstool at him, and hit him on the right shoulder blade near the top of his back.
I don't think it lasted four minutes, at the end of which time Bill King was the unhappy possessor of four broken ribs, a broken forearm, and a dislocated shoulder blade.
 
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