long bone

noun

long bone

noun

1

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Any of the relatively slender bones of the upper and lower extremities.

Hyponyms: clavicle, femur, fibula, humerus, metacarpal, metatarsal, phalanges, radius, tibia, ulna

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