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humeral, a. and n.|ˈhjuːmərəl|
[ad. late L. *humerāl-is, used as n. neut. (h)umerāle covering for the shoulders, f. (h)umerus shoulder. Cf. F. huméral (1541 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
A. adj.
1. Anat. Of or pertaining to the humerus or upper arm in man, or to the homogenetic bone in other vertebrates.
e.g. humeral artery, humeral muscle, humeral vein. humeral cincture, a belt of bones bearing the pectoral fin of a fish, by some considered homogenetic with the humerus.
1615Crooke Body of Man 901 It lyeth vnder the foresaide humerall veyne where the Median or Common veyne ariseth thereout. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 162 Humeral or Shoulder-affectations. 1696Phillips (ed. 5), Humeral Muscle, the Muscle that moves the Arm at the upper End. 1760White in Phil. Trans. LI. 659 The danger of wounding the humeral artery. 1854Owen Skel. & Teeth in Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. I. 190 The scapula..divides at its humeral end into an acromial and coracoid process.
2. Of or pertaining to the shoulder or shoulders.
humeral veil (Eccl.): an oblong vestment of silk worn round the shoulders in various rites and enveloping the hands when holding sacred vessels.
1853Dale tr. Baldeschi's Ceremonial 71 On the credence he will place the humeral veil. 1885Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 415/2 The use of the humeral veil at Benediction is strictly prescribed in several decrees of the Congregation of Rites.
3. Of or belonging to the part called humerus in insects or other invertebrates.
a. Belonging to the humerus or femur of the fore-leg of an insect, or to the second joint of the pedipalp of a spider. b. Belonging to the anterior corner of the thorax in Diptera. c. Pertaining to the exterior front angle of the elytrum in Coleoptera.
1819G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 169 Humeral spot on the elytra. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxv. 620 In the Homopterous Hemiptera the three axes may be readily traced, but the humeral plate..is more irregular in shape. Ibid. IV. xlvi. 333 Humeral Angle (Angulus Humeralis), the exterior basal angle. 1880Campbell Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XV. No. 83. 154 The humeral joint of each palpus.
B. n.
1. Eccl.
†a. A part of the Jewish sacerdotal vestment, worn on the shoulder. Obs.
b. = humeral veil (A. 2).
1641Trapp Comm. Exod. xxviii. 14 These chains where⁓with the breast-plate and humeral were tied.
2. The second joint, counting from the base, of the pedipalp of a spider (Cent. Dict.). |