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Scapula

The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.

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Bone 76% connected

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, bl…

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Scapular 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder.

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Scapular 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder.

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Component part 1

Acromion 70% connected

The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.

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Endoskeleton 70% connected

The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.

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Shoulder 70% connected

The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bo…

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Apophysis noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

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Apparatus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"

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Articulatio noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Articulation noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Base noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"

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Bodily cavity noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cavity noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cavum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cingulum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)

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Concha noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape

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Cornu noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape

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Corona noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape

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Diaphragm noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

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Fissure noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

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Fundus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening; "the uterine fundus"; "the fundus of the sto…

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Groove noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

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Hilum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"

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Hilus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"

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Astragalus noun · 78% connection

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, bone, shoulder, girdle, mammals.
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Axe noun · 78% connection

A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, e…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, bone, shoulder, girdle, mammals.
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Bark verb · 78% connection

To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, bone, shoulder, girdle, mammals.
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Blade noun · 78% connection

The scapula or shoulder blade.

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Brilliant adjective · 78% connection

A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendere…

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Canon bone unknown · 78% connection

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, bone, shoulder, girdle, mammals.
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Clavicle noun · 78% connection

The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, bone, shoulder, girdle, mammals.
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Clod noun · 78% connection

A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, bone, shoulder, girdle, mammals.
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Coracoid adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in m…

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Drawbore noun · 78% connection

A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the sh…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, bone, shoulder, girdle, mammals.
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Engirdle verb · 78% connection

To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, bone, shoulder, girdle, mammals.
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