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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Latin, 'upper arm, shoulder'

humerus

 noun
     
Related topics: Human
hu‧me‧rus plural humeri [countable] technical
HBH the bone between your shoulder and elbow
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