Olecranon

//oʊˈlɛkɹəˌnɑn//

Synonyms for "olecranon" (3 found)

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Translations

19 translations across 13 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • زُجّ noun (bony process)
  • طَرَف الْمِرْفَق noun (bony process)
  • نَاتِئ زُجِّيّ لِلزَّنْد noun (bony process)
  • نَاتِئ مِرْفَقِيّ noun (bony process)

Catalan

2 entries
  • olècran noun (bony process)
  • olècranon noun (bony process)

Czech

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  • okovec noun (bony process)

Esperanto

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  • olekrano noun (bony process)

Finnish

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  • kyynärlisäke noun (bony process)

French

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  • olécrane noun (bony process)

German

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  • Hakenfortsatz noun (bony process)
  • Olecranon noun (bony process)

Hungarian

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  • könyöknyúlvány noun (bony process)

Italian

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  • olecrano noun (bony process)

Ottoman Turkish

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  • ابره noun (bony process)

Polish

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  • wyrostek łokciowy noun (bony process)

Spanish

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  • olécranon noun (bony process)

Swedish

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  • olekranon noun (bony process)

Sample sentences

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Mr. Fletcher, of Liverpool, reported a case of bony union of both olecranons, verified by examination after death. The patient, a boy 16 years old, was admitted to the hospital May 19, 1850, having fractured both olecranons a short time before by falling over some timber.

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Suspensory animals have extremely small olecrana, because of a minimal need for forearm extension, which is achieved by gravity.

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The subcutaneous location of the olecranon makes it vulnerable to trauma.⁷ Isolated fractures of the olecranon comprise approximately 10% of fractures about the elbow,^(26,38) with an estimated incidence of 1.08 per 10,000 person-years.

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