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Webster 1913 Edition

Lumbrical

Lum′bric-al

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
lombrical
. See
Lumbric
.]
(Anat.)
Resembling a worm;
as, the
lumbrical
muscles of the hands of the hands and feet
.
–
Noun.
A lumbrical muscle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lumbrical

LUM'BRICAL

,
Adj.
[L. lumbricus, a worm.] Resembling a worm; as the lumbrical muscles.

LUM'BRICAL

,
Adj.
Pertaining to the loins.

LUM'BRICAL

,
Noun.
A muscle of the fingers and toes, so named from its resembling a worm. Of these muscles, there are four of the fingers and as many of the toes.

Definition 2024

lumbrical

lumbrical

English

Adjective

lumbrical ‎(comparative more lumbrical, superlative most lumbrical)

  1. Worm-like.
    the lumbrical muscles of the forearm or of the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides.

Etymology

From Latin lumbricus ‎(“intestinal worm, earth worm”)

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