OLECRANON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does olecranon mean? 

• OLECRANON (noun)
  The noun OLECRANON has 1 sense:

1. process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended

  Familiarity information: OLECRANON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLECRANON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

olecranon; olecranon process

Hypernyms ("olecranon" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Holonyms ("olecranon" is a part of...):

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