different between humerus vs humeral

English

Etymology

From Late Latin humerus, from umerus. Cognate with Spanish hombro (“shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: hyo?o'm?r?s, IPA^(key): /?hju?m???s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?hju?m???s/
• Homophone: humorous

Noun

humerus (plural humeruses or humeri)

1. (anatomy) The bone of the upper arm.

Synonyms

• armbone

Translations

Further reading

• humerus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?hu.me.rus/, [?h?m???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?u.me.rus/, [?u?m??us]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u.me.rus/, [??m???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?u.me.rus/, [?u?m??us]

Noun

humerus m (genitive humer?); second declension

1. Alternative form of umerus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• humerus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Etymology

From French humérus

Noun

humerus n (uncountable)

1. humerus

Declension

English

Adjective

humeral (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or near the humerus or shoulder

Derived terms

• humeral veil
• transhumeral

Translations

Noun

humeral (plural humerals)

1. An oblong scarf worn round the priest's shoulders at certain parts of the Mass and of Benediction.

Romanian

Etymology

From French huméral

Adjective

humeral m or n (feminine singular humeral?, masculine plural humerali, feminine and neuter plural humerale)

1. humeral

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ume??al/, [u.me??al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

humeral (plural humerales)

1. (anatomy) humeral

Derived terms

• coracohumeral
• glenohumeral

Related terms

• húmero

Further reading

• “humeral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.