forearm bone

noun

Either of the two bones, i.e. ulna and radius, that make up the skeletal part of the forearm.

“(Anatomy course supervisor) And put those forearm bones away will you, we are finished with'em.”

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Meanings

nounforearm bone (plural forearm bones)

plural forearm bones

  1. anatomyEither of the two bones, i.e. ulna and radius, that make up the skeletal part of the forearm.

    (Anatomy course supervisor) And put those forearm bones away will you, we are finished with'em.

  2. biologyThe ulna or the fused ulna and radius, which may be the sole bone of the forelimb or the strongest bone of the forelimb.

Translations

Dutch voorarmbeen
  • voorarmbeenhuman forearm bone
German Unterarmknochen
  • Unterarmknochenhuman forearm bone
Hungarian alkarcsont
  • alkarcsonthuman forearm bone
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APA

forearm bone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forearm%20bone

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“forearm bone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forearm%20bone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forearm bone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forearm%20bone.

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