ulnare

English

Noun

ulnare (plural ulnares)

1. (anatomy) One of the carpal bones, situated at the distal end of the ulna.
   • 2009 February 11, Neil Shubin et al., “Deep homology and the origins of evolutionary novelty”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7231, DOI:10.1038/nature07891, pages 818-823:

     For more than 50 years, it has been known that some lobe-finned fish have homologues of two wrist bones, the intermedium and ulnare.

Anagrams

• Lauren, neural, unreal

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Italian

Adjective

ulnare (masculine and feminine plural ulnari)

1. (anatomy) ulnar

Derived terms

• nervo ulnare - ulnar nerve

Anagrams

• lunare