a longitudinal vein in the rear portion of the wing of an insect
2. Anatomy
a.
the forearm
b. rare
the ulna
Word origin
[1820–30; ‹ NL, L, var. of cubitumcubit]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, blouse, karma, morphology, phonetic
Examples of 'cubitus' in a sentence
cubitus
180º (cubitus rectus) arm-and-mouth angle occurred in 17.8%.
Piotr Miśkiewicz, Agnieszka Maj, Natalia Alicja Świątoniowska 2017, 'Statistical analysis angle values brachiocephalic-foream after epicondyle of the humerusfracture in children', Journal of Education, Health and Sporthttp://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4413. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
One patient with a displaced fracture refused surgery and subsequently developed pseudarthrosis and cubitus valgus.
D Ip, WL Tsang 2007, 'Medial Humeral Epicondylar Fracture in Children and Adolescents', Journal of Orthopaedic Surgeryhttps://doi.org/10.1177/230949900701500209. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Neglected cases because of inappropriate diagnosis can result in cubitus varus deformity.
Dr. Pankaj Kumar, Professor M. P. Singh 2008, 'Neglected Distal Humeral Epiphyseal Injury - Two Case Reports', Internet Journal of Medical Updatehttp://www.akspublication.com/paper09_jul-dec2008.htm. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
One patient developed superficial pin tract infection, and 2 patients developed cubitus varus deformity.
Anmol Sharma, Karamdeep Kahal, Shardaindu Sharma 2015, 'Transolecranon and Lateral Kirschner Wire Fixation for Displaced Supracondylar HumeralFracture in Children', Journal of Orthopaedic Surgeryhttps://doi.org/10.1177/230949901502300312. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The common late complication of cubitus varus was not seen in any patient.
Hussain Shahid, Ahmad Manzoor, Muzaffar Tufail 2014, 'Open reduction and internal fixation for displaced supracondylar fractures of thehumerus in children with crossed K-wires via lateral approach', Chinese Journal of Traumatologyhttp://www.cjtrauma.com/apps/ojs/index.php/cjt/article/view/523. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An experiment was carried out on postmortem human humerus with cubitus varus.
Jimulia T, Sabnis S 1994, 'Supracondylar corrective osteotomy for cubitus varus--the internal rotation componentand its importance. An unique bone experiment.', Journal of Postgraduate Medicinehttp://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1994;volume=40;issue=4;spage=194;epage=6;aulast=Jimulia. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
14 patients developed cubitus valgus deformity of 3° to 10°.
Bryan Hsi Ming Tan, Arjandas Mahadev 2011, 'Radial Neck Fractures in Children', Journal of Orthopaedic Surgeryhttps://doi.org/10.1177/230949901101900216. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The structure regarded as vein cubitus anterior turned out to be a reinforcement element only.
Barbara Franielczyk-Pietyra, Łukasz Depa, Piotr Wegierek 2018, 'Morphological and histological study of the forewing of Orthezia urticae (Linnaeus,1758) (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha)', ZooKeyshttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=23950. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
None of the patients developed cubitus varus deformity, complications related to the pinsor delayed union.
Suresh S 2007, 'Management of "floating elbow" in children', Indian Journal of Orthopaedicshttp://www.ijoonline.com/article.asp?issn=0019-5413;year=2007;volume=41;issue=4;spage=386;epage=389;aulast=Suresh. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In 14 patients (6.8%) we noticed long term deformities such as cubitus varus or cubitus valgus.
Lazar Todorovic, Mile Petrovski, Aco Dimov, Riste Simeonov, Marjan Kamiloski, LazoJovcheski, Marko Spasov, Vesna Cvetanovska 2014, 'Dislocated Extension – Type Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in Children: Single CentreExperience', Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Scienceshttp://www.id-press.eu/mjms/article/view/6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)