ulnare

English

Noun

ulnare (plural ulnares)

  1. (anatomy) One of the carpal bones, situated at the distal end of the ulna.
    • 2009 February 11, Neil Shubin et al., “Deep homology and the origins of evolutionary novelty”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7231, →DOI, pages 818–823:
      For more than 50 years, it has been known that some lobe-finned fish have homologues of two wrist bones, the intermedium and ulnare.

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Italian

Etymology

From ulna + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ulˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ul‧nà‧re

Adjective

ulnare (plural ulnari)

  1. (anatomy) ulnar

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