cubital

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Adjective cubital has 1 sense

cubital - of or relating to the elbow

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Cubital

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1:

relating to or located in the part of the arm or forelimb between the elbow and the wrist

Sample Sentence: He felt a sharp pain in his cubital region after lifting weights at the gym.

Sense 2:

of or relating to the ulna, the bone of the forearm on the inner side

Sample Sentence: The doctor diagnosed his cubital fracture after examining his X-ray report.

Sense 3:

relating to the elbow joint or the cubital vein

Sample Sentence: The athlete iced his cubital joint after a strenuous tennis match to reduce swelling.

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1:

a cubital bone

Sample Sentence: The radiologist noticed a small fracture on the patient's cubital during the X-ray examination.

Part of Speech: Adverb

Sense 1:

related to or in the direction of the cubital part of the body

Sample Sentence: She swung her arm cubital to avoid hitting the obstacle in her way.