51³Ô¹Ï

Advertisement

Advertisement

cubitus

[ kyoo-bi-tuhs ]

noun

plural cubiti
  1. a longitudinal vein in the rear portion of the wing of an insect.
  2. Anatomy.
    1. the forearm.
    2. Now Rare. the ulna.


Discover More

51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of cubitus1

1820–30; < New Latin, Latin, variant of cubitum cubit
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Election Lexicon assumes most readers would rather their surgeons knew their gluteal adipose from their cubitus.

From

When this angle is increased, the attitude is described as one of cubitus valgus.

From

The Latin t in words like cubitus was generally softened in old French, and was afterwards dropped altogether.

From

Basilar space: Odonata; that area at base of wings, between media and cubitus.

From

Secondary displacement is liable to occur, however, during the process of union, producing alterations in the “carrying angle†of the limb—cubitus varus or cubitus valgus.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement