ARM BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arm bone mean? 

• ARM BONE (noun)
  The noun ARM BONE has 1 sense:

1. a bone in the arm

  Familiarity information: ARM BONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARM BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bone in the arm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("arm bone" is a kind of...):

long bone; os longum (in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arm bone"):

humerus (bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow)

radius (the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm)

elbow bone; ulna (the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm)

Holonyms ("arm bone" 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)

endoskeleton (the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates))

 Context examples 

The upper arm bone between the shoulder and elbow.

(Humerus, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers focused on the humerus, the upper arm bone running from shoulder to elbow.

(Physical Activity Brings Lasting Bone Benefits, NIH, US)