scapulohumeral

1. 1.

   relating to the shoulder blade and upper arm bone

Questions about scapulohumeral

What does scapulohumeral mean?

scapulohumeral means "relating to the shoulder blade and upper arm bone".

How many syllables are in scapulohumeral?

scapulohumeral has 6 syllables and divides as sca-pu-lo-hu-me-ral under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is scapulohumeral a common word?

scapulohumeral 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.