elbow joint

1. 1.

   hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped

   Synonymselbowhuman elbowcubituscubital jointarticulatio cubiti

   Broaderhinge joint

   Part ofarm

   Partsmusculus articularis cubitifunny bone

Questions about elbow joint

What does elbow joint mean?

elbow joint means "hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped".

What is another word for elbow joint?

Close synonyms include elbow, human elbow, cubitus, cubital joint, articulatio cubiti. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is elbow joint a common word?

elbow joint is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.