shoulder bone

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shoulder bone - 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)

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Sparks flew as steel smote steel, and then there was the dull and sickening sound of a shoulder bone parting beneath the keen edge of my Martian sword.

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Patalamon rattled a pair of seal's shoulder bones in front of a herd of holluschickie and they stopped dead, puffing and blowing.

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Meanwhile, donated blood and clotting products were being squeezed through a strong needle buried rural life deep into Gwen's shoulder bone as her veins were so collapsed due to the cold and her illness.

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The chef underwent chemotherapy and surgery in January 2018 to remove a tumor from her shoulder bone, with 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi, an Indian-American celebrity, by her side.

In 2001, Prince Charles (https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1055549/Prince-charles-news-near-death-experience-royal-family-news-spt) broke his shoulder bone when he fell off the horse during a fox hunt.

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According to the minor's parents, Abdul Wahab had gone to a seminary in Shalimar area of Lahore, where his teacher had beaten him up with an iron rod breaking the minor's shoulder bone.

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Adil was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and then to Leeds General Infirmary and is now recovering from an operation on a broken rib and shoulder bone.

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It was the conscious thought that I was producing [a lot of] kinetic energy with my high-poundage Hoyt that made me believe I could penetrate the heavy shoulder bone. Wideload scored 154 Vs inches as a typical 8-pointer.

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He was treated for 15 days for a shoulder bone fracture and brain injury, besides fractures in other parts of his body.

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In October, Butler broke Ellie's her shoulder bone but neither parent sought medical treatment for the painful injury, the court heard.