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The long bone of the upper arm or forelimb. (plural)

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Usage examples (29)
  • H. Transversalis humeri branch of subclavian artery.
  • He was extremely muscular in the upper body and the humeri were very bowed.
  • A comparison photograph of the heads of the humeri showed an astonishing size difference on that side.
  • One half of an os humeri, the whole constituting thirteen small and twenty-eight large fragments, there being others reduced to dust.
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