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Webster 1913 Edition


Palmar

Pal′mar

,
Adj.
[L.
palmaris
, fr.
palma
the palm of the hand: cf. F.
palmaire
.]
1.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand.
2.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of birds.

Webster 1828 Edition


Palmar

PAL'MAR

,
Adj.
[L. palmaris.] Of the breadth of the hand.

Definition 2024


palmar

palmar

See also: Pálmar

English

Adjective

palmar (comparative more palmar, superlative most palmar)

  1. (anatomy, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage
    • 1988, May 20, “Jack Clark”, in Touch of Death:
      "A latent print on the palmar surface of our hands and the plantar surfaces of our foot is a scan that is entirely different from the scan on the rest of our bodies.
  2. (anatomy and medicine) In the direction of the palm
    • 2002, John Gray Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery, ISBN 0781735858, page 14:
      The long and ring superficialis tendons lie more palmar than the index and small.
  3. (zoology) Of or relating to the underside of the wings of birds.

Antonyms

  • (toward the palmar surface): dorsal

Hypernyms

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Translations


Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

palmar m

  1. indefinite plural of palme

Spanish

Etymology 1

Latin palmāris.

Adjective

palmar m, f (plural palmares)

  1. related to palms (hand and tree); palmar

Noun

palmar m (plural palmares)

  1. palm grove.

Etymology 2

Verb

palmar (first-person singular present palmo, first-person singular preterite palmé, past participle palmado)

  1. (colloquial) to die.
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