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preˈcoracoid, a. and n.
[pre- B. 3.]
A. adj. Situated anterior to the coracoid.
1872Humphry Myology 31 In Menobranch the long pre⁓coracoid cartilage lies upon the omo-hyoid.
B. as n. A precoracoid bone or cartilage.
1870Rolleston Anim. Life 39 The prolongation of the more perfectly developed praecoracoids. 1875Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. (1877) 221 The posterior end articulates with the præcoracoids and the clavicles.
Hence precoraˈcoidal a. = precoracoid a. So preˈcoraco- in comb., as precoraco-brachial, (a muscle) connecting the precoracoid with the arm.
1872Humphry Myology 33 Precoraco-brachial..arises from the whole of the outer surface of the precoracoid cartilage, with the exception of the marginal part. 1875Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 761/2 (in some copies) The pectoral arch in the Amphibia is distinguishable into a scapular, a coracoidal, and a præcoracoidal region. |