MUSCULUS ANCONEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musculus anconeus mean? 

• MUSCULUS ANCONEUS (noun)
  The noun MUSCULUS ANCONEUS has 1 sense:

1. the muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wrist

  Familiarity information: MUSCULUS ANCONEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCULUS ANCONEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wrist

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

anconeous muscle; musculus anconeus

Hypernyms ("musculus anconeus" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Holonyms ("musculus anconeus" is a part of...):

forearm (the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist)