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    ulna

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Human
    ul·na /ˈʌlnə/ noun (plural ulnae /-niː/) [countable]  medicalHBH the inner bone of your lower arm, on the side opposite to your thumb 尺骨 →5 see picture at 见图 skeleton
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    ulna• Right arm, compound spiral fractures or radius and ulna.• Also in a remarkable state of preservation is a flute made h-am the ulna at Vulture.• A shinbone was broken, twisted - as was the ulna in one arm, and several ribs.    Origin ulna (1500-1600) Modern Latin Latin, “elbow”
    ul·na nounChineseSyllable
    on of the arm, your bone inner lower the Corpus


    ulna
    ul‧na /ˈʌlnə/ noun (plural ulnae /-niː/) [countable]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Modern Latin
     Origin: Latin, 'elbow'
    medical the inner bone of your lower arm, on the side opposite to your thumb


    ulnaBrE /ˈʌlnə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʌlnə/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    ulnae BrE /ˈʌlniː/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈʌlniː/ 🔊     )     (anatomy 解剖学)
    the longer bone of the two bones in the lower part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist, on the side opposite the thumb 尺骨  ➡  see also radius (3)