Definitions for olecranon

olecranon o·lec·ra·non

Spelling: [oh-lek-ruh-non, oh-li-krey-non]
IPA: /oʊˈlɛk rəˌnɒn, ˌoʊ lɪˈkreɪ nɒn/

Olecranon is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

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Definitions for olecranon

noun

  1. the part of the ulna beyond the elbow joint.

Origin of olecranon

1720-30; New Latin Greek ōlékrānon point of the elbow, short for ōlenókrānon, equivalent to ōlén(ē) elbow + -o- -o- + krān(íon) head (see cranium

Examples for olecranon

I saw several cases of pure perforation of the olecranon without any signs of implication of the elbow-joint.

A linear incision over ulnar nerve at inner side of olecranon.

At the same time, the olecranon is curved strongly downwards.

The fibula has a broad proximal process resembling an olecranon.

In the dog, the olecranon fossa communicates with the coronoid by an opening.

This latter is larger than the radius, but its olecranon process is very slightly developed.

The ulna presents at its superior extremity a posterior process, the olecranon, which forms the point of the elbow.

In the region of the elbow-joint, cellulitis is common around the olecranon.

Sometimes it is inserted into the olecranon process, at other times into the antibrachial aponeurosis or the epitrochlea.

The olecranon fossa is deep and there is no ent-epicondylar foramen.

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