Cubitus

Common synonyms include: elbow, elbow joint, articulatio cubiti, cubital joint, human elbow, olecranon region.

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
The ulna. archaic
2
the arm from the elbow to the fingertips wordnet
3
One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the media and the postcubitus; the vein running along the dorsal edge of the discal cell.
4
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped wordnet
5
The elbow, or the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.

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6
The forearm; the arm from the elbow to fingertip, or the corresponding portion of a jointed limb of an animal that uses the limb for locomotion or grasping.

Learned borrowing from Latin cubitus. Doublet of cubit.