different between elbow vs antecubital

English

Etymology

From Middle English elbowe, from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell +? bow. Cognate with Scots elbuck (“elbow”), Saterland Frisian Älbooge (“elbow”), Dutch elleboog (“elbow”), Low German Ellebage (“elbow”), German Ellbogen, Ellenbogen (“elbow”), Danish albue (“elbow”), Icelandic olbogi, olnbogi (“elbow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l.b??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.bo?/, /??l.bo?/

Noun

elbow (plural elbows)

2. (anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

   Synonym: elbow joint

3. (by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

4. (US, dated, early 20th-century slang) A detective.
5. (basketball) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.
6. A hit with the elbow.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

elbow (third-person singular simple present elbows, present participle elbowing, simple past and past participle elbowed)

1. (transitive) To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.
2. (transitive, by extension) To nudge, jostle or push.

Derived terms

• elbower

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Parts of the knot

References

Anagrams

• Below, Blowe, Lebow, below, blowe, bowel, bowle

Middle English

Noun

elbow

1. Alternative form of elbowe

English

Etymology

ante- +? cubital

Adjective

antecubital (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to, or situated in the anterior or inner part of the elbow (cubitus)

See also

• postcubital

Translations

Portuguese

Adjective

antecubital m or f (plural antecubitais, comparable)

1. (anatomy) antecubital (pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the elbow)