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Forearm

Definition

noun, plural: forearms

Part of the arm, extending from the elbow to the wrist.


Supplement

The term is used in anatomy to identify it from the upper arm.


Word origin: from Old English fore-, meaning “before”, superior, front + arm.

Also called: antebrachium

Compare: foreleg

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The Fiber Disease

OK, every morning i need to examine the lesions on my right forearm, as the skin is thick and the whole arm is a mass of pain. As I do, and I do not encourage or advise others to do the same, I debride the rim of the lesion, which is always thickened. ...

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by al
Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:54 am
 
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Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... motile, while a couple tiny reds, tiny blues, and a longer blue did not move. (I had brushed off whatever was causing a biting sensation from my forearm.) I have been watching these things for six months, with magnification from 5x up to 400x (and occasionally 1000x). Months ago I SAW a blue ...

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by nettimo
Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:52 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... I must add that much to my surprise (and not) this past week, after I removed with tweezers a tiny speck that was "biting"/piercing my forearm, placed it into a white bottle cap with solution half normal saline/half alcohol, and watched with magnifying glass, I SAW a long tangled blue ...

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by nettimo
Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:20 pm
 
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The Fiber Disease

... they are involved (the wasp) but if it did cause this murine Typhus in me> well it showed up 12 mo. lATER, NOt THE ususal 6 days,,,,,, My left forearm is still broke out....How can an insect do my arm like this for 8 Months? I don't think it can, ut I donno., It is in the water system, or A?C ...

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by London
Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:17 am
 
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The Fiber Disease

... of all sizes in one's mouth, or passed a 1" fiber from one's nose? (Intermittently.) Or had a 1" piece of dry grass bite you on the forearm (clear ?worm found under magnification inside the grass/cuticle)? Or see what look like clear thin long organisms (often only one) mixed with ...

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by nettimo
Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:06 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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