radius
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈreɪdiəs/
- Specialized
- He's got a compound fracture in his right radius.
- a radius fracture
- distal radius
- radius and ulna
Examples
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On examination, a child with a distal radius fracture usually has pain, swelling, and/or deformity at the wrist.
Academic text (2006) -
The doctor explained that the radius was fractured during the fall.
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Reaching back into the box under the table, he hands me a broken radius arm bone about five inches long.
Academic text (2008) -
Okay, looks like a fractured left radius.
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Right, look, when you're talking to your doctor, just tell him you have a spiral fracture of the left radius.
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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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Fractures of the distal radius are usually classified as either articular or non-articular.
Academic text (2003) -
She fractured the radius and ulna on her left forearm, cracked the 10th, 11th and 12th ribs on her left side and banged her head pretty good.
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The most common fractures in children occur in the upper extremity at the distal radius (wrist), elbow (supracondylar), and clavicle (collarbone) (Landin, 1997).
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He showed me the X-ray, which clearly indicated a break in the radius bone.
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.7
The distance from a curve to the center of the circle that best fits the curve at a point
- Specialized
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8.7
A straight line from a point to a central point, for example the center of rotation or the origin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Radius comes from Latin radius, 'rod' or 'spoke', because the forearm bone looks like a small rod running from the elbow to the wrist on the thumb side. So the bone is called the radius.