scapula

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings

From Late Latin scapula (“shoulder”).

Aulus Plautius, the first consular governor, and his successor, Ostorius Scapula, [66] were both eminent for military abilities. — The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus, Cornelius Tacitus
The stab wound was then made in the most dependent portion of the wound coming out near the angle of the scapula. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
I hate to see people suffer, and there is more real suffering, more privation and more destitution, pervading the Washington scapula and clavicle this winter than I ever saw before. — Remarks, Bill Nye

shoulder blade, shoulder bone

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