"Acromion" is one of many anatomical terms derived from ancient Greek: it is a transliteration of the Greek word dxp ptov (akromion). For the modern anatomist "acromion" has a precise meaning: "The lateral extension of the spine of the scapula, forming the highest point of the shoulder."' For the ancient Greek writers after Hippocrates, however, the meaning of ezicpd'ltov was a matter of doubt ...