Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name once given to any of the muscles attached to the ancon or olecranon: now usually restricted to a small muscle arising from the back part of the external condyle of the humerus, and inserted into the side of the olecranon and upper fourth of the posterior surface of the ulna.
- noun Same as
anconeus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
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- noun anatomy A
muscle of theelbow andforearm .
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Latin ancon elbow.
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Examples
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"After a longitudinal incision crossing the point of the olecranon I next let the knife sink into the triceps muscle, and divide it longitudinally into two portions, the inner one of which is the more firmly attached to the ulna, while the outer portion is continuous with the anconeus muscle, and sends some tendinous fibres to blend with the fascia of the fore-arm.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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