See Also: margo posterior ulnae(medicine)
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margo anterior ulnae(medicine)
facies posterior ulnae(medicine)
margo posterior testis(medicine)
margo posterior fibulae(medicine)
margo posterior radii(medicine)
caput ulnae(medicine)
tuberositas ulnae(medicine)
circumferentia articularis ulnae(medicine)

congeal (iou) and margo posterior ulnae (medicine)


congeal (iou)



congeal verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French congeler from Latin congelare, formed as CON- + gelare freeze, from gelu frost.]
I. verb trans.
Convert by cooling from a soft or fluid state to a solid one; freeze. LME.
fig.: S. Johnson Curiosity..may be dissipated in trifles or congealed by indolence.
Make crystalline or solid by any means. LME-E18.
Make (a liquid, esp. the blood) viscid or jelly-like. LME.
fig.: Shakespeare Taming of Shrew Too much sadness hath congeal'd your blood.
II. verb intrans.
Become solid by cooling; freeze. LME.
Become solid by any process. LME.
Of a liquid: stiffen into a viscid or jelly-like consistency; coagulate. LME.
congealable adjective E17.
congealment noun (a) the act or process of congealing; (b) a congealed mass: LME.

margo posterior ulnae (medicine)


margo posterior ulnae -->
posterior border of ulna


The sinuous palpable subcutaneous ridge on the posterior aspect of the ulna that extends from near the olecranon to the styloid process, demarcating "anterior" (flexor) from "posterior" (extensor) compartments of forearm.

Synonym: margo posterior ulnae.