[ noun ] either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings <noun.body>
Scapula \Scap"u*la\ (sk[a^]p"[-u]*l[.a]), n.; pl. L. {Scapul[ae]}, E. {Scapulas}. [L.] 1. (Anat.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
It was a slow, painful process, with excruciating pain where four pounds of flesh and his left scapula had once been.