Vállban

Vállban is a Hungarian locative form of the noun váll, meaning the shoulder. It is used to indicate a position or sensation located within the shoulder region and appears in medical descriptions, anatomical texts, and general descriptive language.

Formation and usage: The stem váll takes the locative suffix -ban to form vállban, meaning “in the shoulder.” This form follows standard Hungarian inflection rules for nouns ending in a consonant. It can be combined with other elements to specify possession or context, for example in medical notes describing pain or symptoms located in the shoulder. The term is primarily spatial, describing internal location rather than a surface position.

Context and examples: In clinical and anatomical writing, vállban is used to describe where a condition or sensation occurs. Examples include statements like “A fájdalom a vállban jelentkezik” (The pain appears in the shoulder) and “A mozgás közben a fájdalom a vállban érezhető” (During movement, the pain is felt in the shoulder). The phrase is typically precise and neutral, avoiding metaphorical use unless clearly framed.

Distinctions from related forms: Hungarian also uses other locative and directional forms for the same general area, such as vállon (on the shoulder) for a surface position, or vállnál (at/by the shoulder) for a proximal location. These forms help distinguish inside the shoulder region (vállban) from surface or boundary positions (vállon, vállnál).

See also: váll, vállizom, vállízület, anatómia, orvosi terminológia.