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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural humeri) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin humerus, umerus upper arm, shoulder; akin to Gothic ams shoulder, Greek ?mos Date: 15th century the long bone of the upper arm or forelimb extending from the shoulder to the elbow

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. humeri) 1 the bone of the upper arm in man. 2 the corresponding bone in other vertebrates. Etymology: L, = shoulder

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Humerus Hu"me*rus, n.; pl. Humeri. [L.] (Anat.) (a) The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb. (b) The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.