how to pronounce humerus

/ˈhjuː.mə.ɹəs/

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humerus is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of humerus in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… his humerus and the head of his femur …”

meanings of humerus

noun:

The bone of the upper arm.

humerus frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word humerus occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics humerus can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that humerus can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;