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CRAZY BONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crazy bone mean?
• CRAZY BONE (noun)
The noun CRAZY BONE has 1 sense:
1. a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone
Familiarity information: CRAZY BONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
crazy bone; funny bone
Context example:
the funny bone is not humerus
Hypernyms ("crazy bone" is a kind of...):
cubital nerve; nervus ulnaris; ulnar nerve (a nerve running along the inner side of the arm and passing near the elbow; supplies intrinsic muscles of the hand and the skin of the medial side of the hand)
Holonyms ("crazy bone" is a part of...):
articulatio cubiti; cubital joint; cubitus; elbow; elbow joint; human elbow (hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped)
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