Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ACROMION ἀκρώμιον (akrṓmion), variant of ἀκρωμία (akrōmía, “acromion”), from ἄκρος (ákros, “summit”) +‎ ὦμ- (ôm-, “shoulder”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, “noun suffix”)Category:Ancient Greek compound terms#ACROMIONCategory:Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιον#ACROMION. Compare -ionCategory:English terms suffixed with -ion (craniometry)#ACROMION, especially in acropodion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkɹoʊ.mi.ən/Category:English 4-syllable words#ACROMIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ACROMION

• Audio (US):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ACROMION

Noun

acromion (plural acromions or acromia)Category:English lemmas#ACROMIONCategory:English nouns#ACROMIONCategory:English countable nouns#ACROMIONCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#ACROMIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ACROMIONCategory:Pages with entries#ACROMIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ACROMION

1. (anatomyCategory:en:Anatomy#ACROMION) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.

   Synonym: acromial process

   • 1807, William Beatty, The Death of Lord Nelson‎:

     "The ball struck the fore part of HIS LORDSHIP'S epaulette; and entered the left shoulder immediately before the processus acromion scapulae, which it slightly fractured.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ACROMION

   • 1904, Alexis Thomson, Alexander Miles, Manual of Surgery‎:

     The deltoid is wasted, and the acromion unduly prominent.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ACROMION

   • 1998 November 13, Paul C. Sereno et al., “A Long-Snouted Predatory Dinosaur from Africa and the Evolution of Spinosaurids”, in Science‎, volume 282, number 5392, →DOI, pages 1298–1302:

     Complete pectoral and pelvic bones show a deep subrectangular acromion on the scapula and a low obturator flange on the ischium.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ACROMION

   • 1999 August 27, Steve Ward et al., “Equatorius: A New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya”, in Science‎, volume 285, number 5432, →DOI, pages 1382–1386:

     The preserved portions of the scapula are sufficient to determine that the acromion projected well beyond the glenoid and that the axillary margin was longer than the vertebral.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ACROMION

   • 2009, Science‎, pages 2239–2242:

     The clavicle is a small flat bone like that of a dog (1), here preserved near the coracoid processes lying parallel to and slightly behind the acromion.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ACROMION

Anagrams

• Comorian, Románico, armonico, armónico, macroion

Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:French terms derived from Ancient Greek#ACROMION ἄκρος (ákros), "highest" + Ancient GreekCategory:French terms derived from Ancient Greek#ACROMION ὦμος (ômos), "shoulder".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kʁɔ.mjɔ̃/Category:French 3-syllable words#ACROMIONCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#ACROMION

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#ACROMION

Noun

acromion m (plural acromions)Category:French lemmas#ACROMIONCategory:French nouns#ACROMIONCategory:French countable nouns#ACROMIONCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ACROMIONCategory:French masculine nouns#ACROMIONCategory:Pages with entries#ACROMIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ACROMION

1. (anatomyCategory:fr:Anatomy#ACROMION) acromion

Further reading

• “acromion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#ACROMIONCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#ACROMION ἀκρώμιον (akrṓmion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkroː.mi.ɔn]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#ACROMIONCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#ACROMION
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈkrɔː.mi.on]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#ACROMIONCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#ACROMION

Noun

acrōmion n (genitive acrōmiī)Category:Latin lemmas#ACROMIONCategory:Latin nouns#ACROMIONCategory:Latin second declension nouns#ACROMIONCategory:Latin neuter nouns in the second declension#ACROMIONCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ACROMIONCategory:Latin neuter nouns#ACROMIONCategory:Pages with entries#ACROMIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ACROMION; second declension

1. (anatomyCategory:la:Anatomy#ACROMION) acromion

References

• "acromia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#ACROMIONCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#ACROMION acromion.

Noun

acromion n (plural acromioane)Category:Romanian lemmas#ACROMIONCategory:Romanian nouns#ACROMIONCategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#ACROMIONCategory:Romanian countable nouns#ACROMIONCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#ACROMIONCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#ACROMIONCategory:Pages with entries#ACROMIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ACROMION

1. acromion

Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek#ACROMION ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”) + Ancient GreekCategory:Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek#ACROMION ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkɾomjon/ [aˈkɾo.mjõn]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ACROMIONCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ACROMION
• Rhymes: -omjonCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/omjon#ACROMIONCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/omjon/3 syllables#ACROMION
• Syllabification: a‧cro‧mion

Noun

acromion m (plural acrómiones)Category:Spanish lemmas#ACROMIONCategory:Spanish nouns#ACROMIONCategory:Spanish countable nouns#ACROMIONCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ACROMIONCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#ACROMIONCategory:Pages with entries#ACROMIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ACROMION

1. (anatomyCategory:es:Anatomy#ACROMION) acromion

Further reading

• “acromion”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025