cubitus

[ kyoo-bi-tuhs ]

noun

, plural cu·bi·ti [kyoo, -bi-tahy].

1. a longitudinal vein in the rear portion of the wing of an insect.
2. Anatomy.
   1. the forearm.
   2. Now Rare. the ulna.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cubitus¹

1820–30; < New Latin, Latin, variant of cubitum cubit

Example Sentences

Election Lexicon assumes most readers would rather their surgeons knew their gluteal adipose from their cubitus.

From BBC

When this angle is increased, the attitude is described as one of cubitus valgus.

From Project Gutenberg

The Latin t in words like cubitus was generally softened in old French, and was afterwards dropped altogether.

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Hypotenuses: in Odonata; the simple or broken cross-vein between media 4, and cubitus 1, forming outer boundary of triangle.

From Project Gutenberg

Secondary displacement is liable to occur, however, during the process of union, producing alterations in the “carrying angle” of the limb—cubitus varus or cubitus valgus.

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