subglenoid

comparative more subglenoid · superlative most subglenoid

1. anatomyLocated immediately below the glenoid fossa.

   This is distinct from anteroinferior / subglenoid glenohumeral dislocations for which alternative techniques should be used.

   2025 January 15, Wikipedia contributors, “Cunningham shoulder reduction”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation

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   The patient was a cellarman, aged 58, who had eight weeks fallen on his elbow and received a subglenoid dislocation of the humerus, which, however, was not detected at the time.

   1878 November, Thos F. Rumbold M.D., editor, THE SAINT LOUIS Medical and Surgical Journal, volume XXXV FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER 1878, page 303

   As in types of forward dislocation the differentiation between subglenoid and subcoracoid luxations may be merely a matter of slight difference in position of the head.

   1928, Kellogg Speed, A Text-book of Fractures and Dislocations: Covering Their Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment, 2 edition, Lea & Febiger, page 392