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upper arm

upper arm noun: the section of an arm from the elbow to the shoulder.

upper arm: the section of an arm from the elbow to the shoulder
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Noun

upper arm (plural upper arms)

  1. The section of an arm from the elbow to the shoulder.
    Synonyms:
    brachium, aftarm

upper arm meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Punjabi

upper arm in Tamil

மேல்கை, மேற்புயம், மேல்கரம்

upper arm in Marathi

the upper arm; brachium
दंड daṇḍa

upper arm in Telugu

section of an arm
దండచెయ్యి daṇḍaceyyi

upper arm in Punjabi

the upper arm; the part of the arm between the shoulder and the elbow; the brachium
ਡੌਲ਼ਾ ḍauḷā
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upper arm in Nepali
पाखुरा pākhurā
upper arm in Tagalog
bisig
upper arm in Arabic
عَضُد ʕaḍud
upper arm in Persian
بازو bâzu
upper arm in Thai
ต้นแขน tôn khăen
upper arm in Vietnamese
cánh tay trên

Synonyms of upper arm

Forms of upper arm

pluralupper arms

Questions about upper arm

What does upper arm mean?
Upper arm means the section of an arm from the elbow to the shoulder.
What is upper arm in Tamil?
Upper arm in Tamil is மேல்கை, மேற்புயம், மேல்கரம். See Upper arm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is upper arm?
Upper arm is a noun.
What is the plural of upper arm?
The plural of upper arm is upper arms.

Words near upper arm in the dictionary

  1. upper airway cough syndrome
  2. upper airways
  3. Upper Allen
  4. Upper Arley
  5. Upper Arlington
  6. upper arm
  7. Upper Armenia
  8. upper arms
  9. Upper Asia
  10. Upper Assam Division
  11. upper atmosphere

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Adapted from Wiktionary: upper arm (page history and authors); upper arm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); दंड (Marathi) (page history and authors); ਡੌਲ਼ਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); पाखुरा (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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