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Definition of Olecranon process
1. Noun. Process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended.
Generic synonyms: Appendage, Outgrowth, Process
Group relationships: Elbow Bone, Ulna
Medical Definition of Olecranon process
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Olecranon Process
Literary usage of Olecranon process
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1908)
"... olecranon process there was an indolent subcutaneous nodule the size of a
lentil, perhaps slightly adherent to the bone, independent of the skin, ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1871)
"FRACTURES OF THE olecranon process. Onuses.—My records furnish me with accounts
of only twelve of these fractures, and, so far as I have been able to ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The synovial membrane then becomes distended with fluid, the bulging showing
itself principally around the olecranon process; that is to say, ..."
4. Treatise on Fractures by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1916)
"Tear-fracture of tha tip of the olecranon process by muscular action 364 428.
... Transverse fracture of olecranon process. Muscular action. ..."
5. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1861)
"[The occurrence of dislocation of the ulna forwards at the elbow-joint, without
a simultaneous fracture of the olecranon process, is so rare, ..."
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