coracoid

American  

[kawr-uh-koid, kor-] / ˈkɔr əˌkɔɪd, ˈkɒr- /

adjective

1. pertaining to the bone that in reptiles, birds, and monotremes articulates with the scapula and the sternum and that in humans and other higher mammals is a reduced bony process of the scapula having no connection with the sternum.

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noun

1. a coracoid bone or process.

coracoid British  

/ ˈkɒrəˌkɔɪd /

noun

1. a paired ventral bone of the pectoral girdle in vertebrates. In mammals it is reduced to a peg (the coracoid process ) on the scapula

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Other Word Forms

• intercoracoid adjective
• precoracoid adjective
• subcoracoid adjective

Etymology

Origin of coracoid

1700–10; < New Latin coracoīdēs < Greek korakoeidḗs ravenlike, hooked like a raven's beak, equivalent to korak- (stem of kórax ) raven + -oeidēs -oid

Example Sentences

He was cut in March of 2016 before signing with the Browns later that month, but he played just five games after suffering a fractured coracoid bone in his left shoulder.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2018

In the first game of the season, Griffin fractured his coracoid bone in his shoulder, and he hasn’t played since.

From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2016

Impingement syndrome occurs when the rotator cuff tendons become "impinged" between boney anatomical structures of the shoulder, i.e. the coracoid as well as the acromion.

From US News • May 11, 2016

At the shoulder, the coracoid process is located inferior to the lateral end of the clavicle.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

It is not merely the identity of form in the coracoid bone and the scapula, but the similar angle at which they meet and the similar position of the articulation for the humerus.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.