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ELBOW , in See also:anatomy, the See also:articulation of the humerus, the See also:bone of the upper See also:arm, and the ulna and See also:radius, the bones of the fore-arm (see See also:JOINTS) . The word is thus applied' to things which are like this See also:joint in shape, such as a See also:sharp See also:bend of a stream or See also:river, an See also:angle in a See also:tube, &c . The word is derived from the O . Eng. elnboga, a See also:combination of eln, the forearm, and boga, a See also:bow or bend . This combination is See also:common to many See also:Teutonic See also:languages, cf . Ger . Ellbogen . Eln still survives in the name of a linear measure, the " ell," and is derived from the O . See also:Tent. See also:alma, cognate with See also:Lat. ulna and Gr . 1.M v 1, the forearm . The use of the arm as a measure of length is illustrated by the uses of ulna, in Latin, cubit, and See also:fathom . |
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