humerus

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  1. noun The long bone of the arm or forelimb, extending from the shoulder to the elbow.

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  • The ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) connects the humerus, the upper arm bone, to the ulna, one of the two parallel forearm bones. —  Scientific American
  • The study objective was to determine the functional consequences of stress fracture at both a common site (actual point of stress fracture) and distal (lower) site in the humerus, as well as to examine the relationship of bone strength and exercise history. —  TheHorse.com News
  • Distally, the humerus is narrow with a deep trochlea for the ulna. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • This time it is my humerus, the one that is in my upper arm, and what's worse is that one of the steel rods holding my arm together has snapped, too.
  • (3.) A probe-pointed bistoury to be introduced into the elbow-joint in front of the humerus, and then behind and carried upwards, so as to divide the upper capsular attachments in front and behind. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
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  1. Latin, upper arm.

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  1. = French humérus = Spanish húmero = Portuguese humero = Italian umero, omero, from Latin humerus, a common but incorrect spelling of umerus, the shoulder, properly the upper bone of the arm; = Greek ὠμος, the shoulder, = Gothic (Moesogothic) amsa, the shoulder, = Sanskrit ansa, the shoulder.
 

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