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Definition of Arm bone

1. Noun. A bone in the arm.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arm Bone

Literary usage of Arm bone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"... and assisted by the sub- clavius ; and directly forwards by the pectoralis minor. MUSCLES OF THE ARM; VIZ. THOSE MOVING THE OS HUMERI, OE ARM-BONE. ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1832)
"Case of Gunshot Wound, in which a Musket-ball, after fracturing the arm bone, penetrated the Abdomen, and afterwards perforated the Intestines, ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The scapula or shoulder-blade, with which the principal arm bone ... Again, the socket in which the nearly spherical head of the humérus or arm-bone lies is ..."

4. Dragons of the Air: An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Harry Govier Seeley (1901)
"Thus this air cell, entering the region of the axilla or arm-pit, enters the upper arm bone usually on its under side, close to the articular head of the ..."

5. Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time by Daniel Wilson (1891)
"The Prestons continued annually to exercise their chartered right of bearing the arm-bone of the patron saint till the memorable year 1558, when the College ..."

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