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HUMAN ELBOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does human elbow mean? 

HUMAN ELBOW (noun)
  The noun HUMAN ELBOW has 1 sense:

1. hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadrupedplay

  Familiarity information: HUMAN ELBOW used as a noun is very rare.


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HUMAN ELBOW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

articulatio cubiti; cubital joint; cubitus; elbow; elbow joint; human elbow

Hypernyms ("human elbow" is a kind of...):

ginglymoid joint; ginglymus; hinge joint (a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane)

Meronyms (parts of "human elbow"):

musculus articularis cubiti (a small branch of the triceps that inserts into the capsule of the elbow joint)

crazy bone; funny bone (a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone)

Holonyms ("human elbow" is a part of...):

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)


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