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Clavicle vs Acromioclavicular - What's the difference?

clavicle | acromioclavicular |

As a noun clavicle

is the collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck.

As an adjective acromioclavicular is

(anatomy) pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.

clavicle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck.
  • Synonyms

    * (bone) collarbone, collar bone, collar-bone

    See also

    * (wikipedia "clavicle")

    acromioclavicular

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (anatomy) Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 7, author=Thayer Evans, title=Uncertainty About Oklahoma and Injury to Its Quarterback, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Frederick Matsen, the chairman of the department of orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington, who has watched the hit that injured Bradford, said an injured acromioclavicular joint could be a bruise, a clavicle fracture, a mild separation or a severe separation. }}