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ARM BONE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bone in the arm

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("arm bone" is a kind of...):

long bone; os longum (in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arm bone"):

humerus (bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow)

radius (the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm)

elbow bone; ulna (the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm)

Holonyms ("arm bone" is a part of...):

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)

endoskeleton (the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates))

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