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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cubitus¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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Triangle: in Odonata: a small, triangular cell at the junction of cubitus with cubitus 1: a similar cell adjoining it basally is the internal triangle discoidal triangle: cardinal cell; q.v.

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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.

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