scapulo-, scapul-, -scapula, -scapular

(Latin: the flat, triangular bone in the back of the shoulder; the shoulder blade)


scaphander
scaphism
scaphite
scaphocephalic
scaphognathite
A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans.

It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.

scaphopodous
scapula
scapular
scapulary
scapulectomy
scapuloanterior
scapuloclavicular
scapulodynia (s) (noun) (no pl)
Pain in the shoulder blades: When working at his dest so many hours every day, Jack developed a condition of scapulodynia because of his poor posture of leaning over his desk and laptop.

The condition of scapulodynia increased when he started lifting boxes in an improper manner.

scapulohumeral
scapulopexy
An operative, or surgical, fixation of the scapula to the chest wall or to the spinous process (dorsal, or back, projection from the center of a vertebral arch) of the vertebrae.