spoke-bone en · NOUN
Meanings
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A bone which has a tubercle where a tendon attaches to the inner and back part of it.
The tendon itself dips down between the flexors of the hand and fingers and the supinators of the fore arm, and is - inserted at the inner and back part of the tubercle of the spoke-bone.
1845, Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Difform- Falter, page 426:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spoke-bones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
bg лъчева кост (In anatomy)