long bone
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- noun
- /lɔŋ boʊn/
- Specialized
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hueso largo
- A fracture of the femur, which is a type of long bone, can take a long time to heal.
- long bone fractures
- long bone deformities
- ends of long bones
They say, you know, shuts down long bone growth or growth plates, you know, this sort of thing.
- They say, you know, shuts down long bone growth or growth plates, you know, this sort of thing.
Examples
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Tibial fractures are one of the most common long bone fractures in the human body.
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Numerous studies have shown the radius to be the most commonly injured long bone in the pediatric population (Wilkins, 2001).
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In most cases, it occurs at the ends of long bones.
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All the long bones under feathers and skin were much in evidence.
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Well, we might get a profile from the marrow in one of these long bones.
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Sex determination is also supposed to be reliable when the remains are from long bones, and up to 95% accuracy can be achieved.
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Complete excision of giant-cell tumors of the long bones can usually be performed without major difficulty.
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There is a high risk for this syndrome in long bone fractures due to the body's response to bone marrow disruption.
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A metaphyseal fracture occurs between the epiphysis and the diaphysis of a long bone.
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Angular deformity in the midportion or diaphysis of long bones is usually not acceptable and will not remodel very well.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
A long, round bone in the arm or leg that has marrow inside
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase denotes literally a 'bone that is long' and this meaning is directly compositional from 'long' (length) + 'bone' (skeletal tissue). This adjectival modification pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the two constituent words.
Etymology
Long bone is a simple name that joins long and bone to give the image of a bone that is long and tube-like with a soft inside, like the femur. So, long bone means 'big bones in the arms and legs' today.