articulatio humeri

Questions about articulatio humeri

What does articulatio humeri mean?

articulatio humeri means "a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula".

What is another word for articulatio humeri?

Close synonyms include shoulder, shoulder joint. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is articulatio humeri a common word?

articulatio humeri is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.