humerus
noun
hu·mer·us
ˈhyü-mə-rəs 
plural humeri
ˈhyü-mə-ˌrī
-ˌrē
-ˌrē
: the long bone of the upper arm or forelimb extending from the shoulder to the elbow
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Officers arrived and found Guerra holding the victim, a 2-year-old boy with a gunshot wound on his upper left arm and a broken humerus, court documents said.
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Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
The humerus and scapula (shoulder) blade are the worst affected bones.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2025
The fossil, a humerus, or upper arm bone, was discovered in 1993 at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
An avulsion is when the tendon that connects the lat muscle to the humerus is torn away from the bone, so surgery is done to reattach the tendon to the bone.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
The humerus and scapula (shoulder) blade are the worst affected bones.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2025
The fossil, a humerus, or upper arm bone, was discovered in 1993 at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
An avulsion is when the tendon that connects the lat muscle to the humerus is torn away from the bone, so surgery is done to reattach the tendon to the bone.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for humerus
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“Humerus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humerus. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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humerus
noun
hu·mer·us
ˈhyüm-(ə-)rəs
plural humeri
ˈhyü-mə-ˌrī
-ˌrē
: the long bone of the upper arm or forelimb that extends from the shoulder to the elbow
Medical Definition
humerus
noun
hu·mer·us
ˈhyüm-(ə-)rəs
plural humeri
ˈhyü-mə-ˌrī
-ˌrē
-ˌrē
: the longest bone of the upper arm or forelimb extending from the shoulder to the elbow, articulating above by a rounded head with the glenoid cavity, having below a broad articular surface divided by a ridge into a medial pulley-shaped portion and a lateral rounded eminence that articulate with the ulna and radius respectively, and providing various processes and modified surfaces for the attachment of muscles
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