cubitus

American  

[kyoo-bi-tuhs] / ˈkju bɪ təs /

noun

cubiti plural

1. a longitudinal vein in the rear portion of the wing of an insect.

2. Anatomy.

   1. the forearm.

   2. Now Rare. the ulna.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cubiti
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cubitus

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

Example Sentences

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cubitus cubiti

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

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2017

Similarly, Mgn00541 corresponds to a described, but unannotated 2.0 kb transcript overlapping the regulatory mutant allele ci57 of cubitus interruptus33.

From Nature ● Mar. 15, 2014

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

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Hypotenuses: in Odonata; the simple or broken cross-vein between media 4, and cubitus 1, forming outer boundary of triangle.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Trichoptera; one, two or three cells enclosed by the branches that form-the post-costal or anal vein: Odonata; an elongate cell between radius and cubitus, just before the arculus.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

There was rigidity of the biceps cubiti and slight wasting in the radial extensors.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry

Very much surprised, I reached out my arm for her inspection, and she clasped her long thin fingers around my biceps flexor cubiti.

From A Bicycle of Cathay by Lowell, Orson

Partridge mentions an instance, in a strong and healthy man, of rupture of the tendon of the left triceps cubiti, caused by a fall on the pavement.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)