humerus

1. 1.

   bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow

   Broaderarm bone

   Part ofarm

   Partsdeltoid tuberosity

Other forms of humerus

plural

humeri

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about humerus

What does humerus mean?

humerus means "bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow".

How many syllables are in humerus?

humerus has 3 syllables: hu-me-rus. The stress falls on "hu". In IPA it is /ˈhjumɚəs/.

Is humerus a common word?

humerus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with humerus?

1 word rhymes with humerus. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.