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    FUNNY BONE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the boneplay

    Example:

    the funny bone is not humerus

    Synonyms:

    crazy bone; funny bone

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("funny bone" is a kind of...):

    cubital nerve; nervus ulnaris; ulnar nerve (a nerve running along the inner side of the arm and passing near the elbow; supplies intrinsic muscles of the hand and the skin of the medial side of the hand)

    Holonyms ("funny bone" is a part of...):

    articulatio cubiti; cubital joint; cubitus; elbow; elbow joint; human elbow (hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped)

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