cement arm
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Meaning · English
A person's arm that has scarred and hardened from the repeated injection of recreational drugs.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
[…] this use of codeine causing, in underworld parlance, a “cement arm”, hard lumps forming at the point of injection.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “cement arm” mean?
A person's arm that has scarred and hardened from the repeated injection of recreational drugs.
Is “cement arm” formal or informal?
cement arm is generally slang.