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Cubital
1. Pertaining to the elbow.2. Pertaining to the forearm and hand.3. Pertaining to the ulna.From the Latin cubitum meaning elbow or cubit. The cubit was a unit of length based on the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the…
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