Destot's space

noun

The space in the wrist bounded by the hamate, capitate, triquetral and lunate bones.

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Meanings

noun
  1. anatomyThe space in the wrist bounded by the hamate, capitate, triquetral and lunate bones.

    The wound on the back of the hand on the Shroud of Turin appears on the thumb side of the wrist, and any anatomy textbook will confirm that Destot's space is on the pinkie side of the wrist, where Barbet indeed sank his nails into his cadaver wrists."

    2003, Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, W. W. Norton & Company, page 163

Origin

Named for radiologist Étienne Destot (1864-1918).

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APA

Destot's space. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Destot's%20space

MLA

“Destot's space.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Destot's%20space. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Destot's space,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Destot's%20space.

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