Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of the relatively slender bones of the upper and lower extremities.

More definitions
  • in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow

Examples

1 sentences
  1. What's the longest bone in the human body?

    ruКакая самая длинная кость в человеческом теле? — marafon

Forms

plural: long bones
Singularlong bone
Plurallong bones

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow:os longum

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