Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, the articulation of the forearm with the upper arm; the joint formed by the articulation of the ulna and radius with the humerus.
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Examples
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Then he got the poor mangled arm again, closed down, and stripped the meat off the bone from the shoulder down to the elbow-joint, where his teeth met and he was free of his second mouthful of me.
THE PRINCESS 2010
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The same rule applies to the elbow-joint, and with regard to the bones of the fore-arm and arm.
On The Articulations 2007
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There are also other troublesome injuries connected with the elbow-joint; for example, the thicker bone (radius?) is sometime partially displaced from the other, and the patient can neither perform extension nor flexion properly.
On Fractures 2007
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When the elbow-joint is displaced or dislocated to the side or outward, while its sharp point (olecranon?) remains in the cavity of the humerus, extension is to be made in a straight line, and the projecting part is to be pushed backward and to the side.
On The Articulations 2007
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In this case, (unless, indeed, my father had been resolved to make a fool of himself by holding the wig stiff in his left hand — or by making some nonsensical angle or other at his elbow-joint, or armpit) — his whole attitude had been easy — natural — unforced: Reynolds himself, as great and gracefully as he paints, might have painted him as he sat.
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In this case, (unless, indeed, my father had been resolved to make a fool of himself by holding the wig stiff in his left hand — or by making some nonsensical angle or other at his elbow-joint, or armpit) — his whole attitude had been easy — natural — unforced: Reynolds himself, as great and gracefully as he paints, might have painted him as he sat.
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Now if the arm were the living animal, somewhere in its elbow-joint would be situate the original seat of the moving soul.
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Now if the arm were the living animal, somewhere in its elbow-joint would be situate the original seat of the moving soul.
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This latter, and the nerve which can be felt passing over the elbow-joint, form the chief landmarks.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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In this operation a portion of the median nerve is excised on the inside of the elbow-joint just below the internal condyle of the humerus.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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