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Definition of: scapula
(skap′yə·lə) noun plural ·lae (-lē) Anat.
The shoulder blade; the superior or proximal element of the pectoral girdle in the skeleton of vertebrates. [<LL, shoulder <L scapulae shoulder blades]
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