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assetum
عضد ʿaḍud
n. ʿḍd – arm, upper arm (anat.) show/hide quotes-
Aris. Anim. II 687b25: Flexio autem asseti est convenientior ad ferendum cibum
Kruk: فاما انثناء العضدين فهو اوفق لنقل الطعام
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Aris. Anim. II 693b11: Et aves habent loco pedum anteriorum et loco assetorum alam communem
- 4 Aris. Anim. II
Probably < Arabic al-sāʿid ‘forearm’. Hyrtl 1879, no. IV; XXXV. Fonahn 1922, no. 85; 504. Van Oppenraaij 1998, 235. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.