See Also: extremitas acromialis claviculae(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
angulus acromialis(medicine)
bursa subcutanea acromialis(medicine)
prickly(dictionary)
Prickly(medicine)
prickly(dictionary)
facies articularis acromialis claviculae(medicine)
ramus acromialis arteriae thoracoacromialis(medicine)
ramus acromialis arteriae suprascapularis(medicine)

extremitas acromialis claviculae (medicine) and prickly (iou)


extremitas acromialis claviculae (medicine)


extremitas acromialis claviculae -->
acromial extremity of clavicle


The flattened lateral end of the clavicle that articulates with the acromion and is anchored to the coracoid process by the conoid and trapezoid ligaments.

Synonym: extremitas acromialis claviculae, acromial end of clavicle.


prickly (iou)



prickly adjective. L16.
[from PRICKLE noun1 + -Y1.]
a. Having prickles, covered with prickles; causing a prickling sensation. L16.
G. Lord Prickly grasses and stunted brush tore at bare legs. Jayne Phillips I sat and sweated on the prickly car seats.
b. fig. (Of a topic, argument, etc.) full of contentious or irritating points; (of a person) quick to react angrily, touchy. M19.
B. Mason He was..prickly..sensing insults and quickly avenging them.
Having a prickling sensation, tingling. M19.
J. Buchan The skin grows hot and prickly.
Special collocations: prickly ash any of several spiny N. American shrubs or trees whose bark is used medicinally; esp. Zanthoxylum americanum and Z. clava-herculis, of the rue family, and the angelica tree Aralia spinosa (family Araliaceae). prickly glasswort: see GLASS noun. prickly heat an itchy rash of small raised red spots caused by inflammation of the sweat glands, most common in hot moist weather; also called heat rash, miliaria. prickly Moses: see MOSES 3. prickly pear any of various usu. very spiny cacti constituting the genus Opuntia, with jointed stems freq. having flattened segments; the fleshy, freq. edible fruit of such a plant. prickly poppy = MEXICAN poppy. prickly rat = TUCO-TUCO. prickly rhubarb a S. American plant, Gunnera manicata (see GUNNERA), with prickly hairs on the petioles of its huge leaves. prickly saltwort: see SALTWORT 1. prickly withe a climbing cactus of the W. Indies, Hylocereus triangularis.
prickliness noun M17.