Hypertext Webster Gateway: "olecranon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Olecranon \O*lec"ra*non\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? elbow + krani`on
the head.] (Anat.)
The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which
projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms
the bony prominence of the elbow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
olecranon
n : process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow
and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is
extended [syn: {olecranon process}]
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