ulna

1. 1.

   the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm

   Synonymselbow bone

   Broaderarm bone

   Part offorearm

   Partsolecranon

Other forms of ulna

plural

ulnae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ulna

What does ulna mean?

ulna means "the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm".

How many syllables are in ulna?

ulna has 2 syllables: ul-na. The stress falls on "ul".

What is another word for ulna?

Close synonyms include elbow bone. 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 ulna a common word?

ulna is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.