upper arm

noun

The section of an arm from the elbow to the shoulder.

Similar
brachiumaftarm
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Meanings

nounupper arm (plural upper arms)

plural upper arms

  1. anatomyThe section of an arm from the elbow to the shoulder.

    Synonyms: brachium, aftarm

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe section of an arm from the elbow to the shoulder.

Similar
brachiumaftarm

Translations

Afrikaans boarm
  • boarmsection of an arm
Ancient Greek βραχίων
  • βραχίων (brakhíōn)section of an arm
Arabic عَضُد
  • عَضُد (ʕaḍud)section of an arm
Bulgarian ми́шница
  • ми́шница (míšnica)section of an arm
Chinese Mandarin 肱, 大臂
  • 肱 (gōng)section of an arm
  • 大臂section of an arm
Danish overarm
  • overarmsection of an arm
Dutch bovenarm, opperarm
  • bovenarmsection of an arm
  • opperarmsection of an arm
Estonian õlavars
  • õlavarssection of an arm
Finnish olkavarsi
  • olkavarsisection of an arm
French arrière-bras
  • arrière-brassection of an arm
German Oberarm, Hinterarm
  • Oberarmsection of an arm
  • Hinterarmsection of an arm
Greek βραχίονας
  • βραχίονας (vrachíonas)section of an arm
Hungarian felkar
  • felkarsection of an arm
Icelandic upphandleggur
  • upphandleggursection of an arm
Irish brac
  • bracsection of an arm
Japanese 二の腕, 上腕
  • 二の腕 (ninoude)section of an arm
  • 上腕 (jowan)section of an arm
  • 上膊 (johaku)section of an arm
Latin lacertus
  • lacertussection of an arm
Latvian augšdelms
  • augšdelmssection of an arm
Māori kikopuku
  • kikopukusection of an arm
Norwegian Bokmål overarm
  • overarmsection of an arm
Norwegian Nynorsk overarm
  • overarmsection of an arm
Persian بازو
  • بازو (bâzu)section of an arm
Polish ramię
  • ramięsection of an arm
Portuguese braço, bráquio
  • braçosection of an arm
  • bráquiosection of an arm
  • braço superiorsection of an arm
Russian плечо́
  • плечо́ (plečó)section of an arm
Slovak nadlaktie
  • nadlaktiesection of an arm
Spanish postbrazo, brazo superior
  • postbrazosection of an arm
  • brazo superiorsection of an arm
  • brazo mayorsection of an arm
  • parte superior del brazosection of an arm
Swahili mkono
  • mkonosection of an arm
Swedish överarm
  • överarmsection of an arm
Tagalog bisig
  • bisigsection of an arm
Thai ต้นแขน
  • ต้นแขน (tôn khăen)section of an arm
Turkish üst kol
  • üst kolsection of an arm
Vietnamese cánh tay trên
  • cánh tay trênsection of an arm
Welsh bôn braich
  • bôn braichsection of an arm
Cite this entry
APA

upper arm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upper%20arm

MLA

“upper arm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upper%20arm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upper arm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upper%20arm.

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