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ulnar

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What does ulnar mean?

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow

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Then she "had the ulnar nerve opened and strong electricity applied to make sure of his death."
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
On the forearm are tatued eight bold zigzag bands, one-eighth of an inch broad, which do not completely encircle the arm, but stop short of joining at points on the ulnar side of the middle line on the flexor surface.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
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On June 5 ulnar neurectomy was performed, with the result that the mare became sound, and went to work three weeks later.
H. Caulton (Harry Caulton) ReeksDiseases of the Horse's FootProject Gutenberg ebook #11204
There was no pulse in the wrist in either the radial or ulnar arteries, but there was pulsation in the brachial as low as the ecchymosed swelling.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747