| 单词 | olecranon |
| 释义 | olecranon (once / 134311 pages) n The olecranon is the pointy part of your elbow. It’s on the end of the ulna. If you stuck your elbow in clay, the olecranon would leave the biggest dent. The olecranon — or olecranon process — is the part of your elbow that pokes out. The root of this word, the cranon (like cranium) comes from the Greek word for “skull or head” and indeed it’s like the head of your elbow. When you extend your arm, the olecranon can’t be seen. When you bend your arm, there the olecranon is again, ready to elbow someone out of the way. WORD FAMILYolecranon USAGE EXAMPLESHe had surgery six days later to repair a stress fracture of the olecranon, a bone behind the elbow. US News(Mar 10, 2015) Braves: Their rotation suffers yet another injury with Gavin Floyd suffering a fracture to the olecranon bone in his elbow. Seattle Times(Jun 21, 2014) Mylodontids had a particularly prominent olecranon process on the ulna. Scientific American(Aug 30, 2012) n process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended Syn|Hyper olecranon process appendage, outgrowth, process a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
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