anconeus
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English
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Etymology
From New Latin anconaeus, derived from an adjective formation **ἀγκωναῖος (**ankōnaîos) the Ancient Greek etymon of ancōn (“elbow”) could have had.
Noun
anconeus (plural anconei)
Translations
muscle of the elbow and forearm
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Further reading
- Hyrtl, Joseph (1880) Onomatologia anatomica – Geschichte und Kritik der anatomischen Sprache der Gegenwart, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Barbarismen, Widersinnigkeiten, Tropen, und grammatikalischen Fehler (in German), Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, pages 30–31