humeral : Idioms & Phrases


circumflex humeral artery

  • noun an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles
    arteria circumflexa humeri.
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Humeral veil

  • noun a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
    veil.
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  • (R. C. Ch.), a long, narrow veil or scarf of the same material as the vestments, worn round the shoulders by the officiating priest or his attendant at Mass, and used to protect the sacred vessels from contact with the hands.
Webster 1913

lateral humeral epicondylitis

  • noun painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)
    tennis elbow; lateral epicondylitis.
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