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bearer (medicine)


bearer


1. One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. "Bearers of burdens." . "The bearer of unhappy news."

2. Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer.

3. A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant.

4. A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.

5. One who holds a check, note, draft, or Other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.

6. A strip of reglet or Other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Weitbrecht's ligament (medicine)


Weitbrecht's ligament -->
oblique ligament of elbow joint


A slender band extending from the lateral part of the coronoid process of the ulna distad and laterad to the radius immediately distal to the bicipital tuberosity.

Synonym: chorda obliqua, oblique cord, round ligament of elbow joint, Weitbrecht's cord, Weitbrecht's ligament.