coracoid process n a process of the scapula in most mammals representing the remnant of the coracoid bone of lower vertebrates that has become fused with the scapula and in humans is situated on its superior border and serves for the attachment of various muscles
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a beaklike process that curves upwards and forwards from the top of the scapula, over the shoulder joint.
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processus coracoideus scapulae.Medical dictionary. 2011.