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Noun: olecranon process
  1. 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
    "The olecranon process is particularly vulnerable to injury in falls";
    - olecranon

Type of: appendage, outgrowth, process

Part of: elbow bone, ulna

Encyclopedia: Olecranon process