cubital

[kyoo-bi-tl]

adjective

1. Anatomy, Zoology.,  pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.

noun

1. Ornithology Now Rare.,  a secondary feather.

cubital

/ ˈkjuːbɪtəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the forearm

Other Word Forms

• postcubital adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cubital¹

1375–1425 for an earlier sense; late Middle English < Latin cubitālis. See cubit, -al ¹

Example Sentences

With elbow injuries and cubital tunnel syndrome that caused numbness in the hand and forearm pain needing surgery to correct, her game suffered.

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I was diagnosed with a nerve condition a few years ago: cubital tunnel syndrome.

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She had surgery on her right hand and elbow three weeks ago to help relieve carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndromes.

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From another hinder trunk arise the two-branched cubital nervure and three separate anal nervures.

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The ulna is curved and rather stout; it articulates with both carpal bones; the cubital quills often cause rugosities on its dorsal surface.

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