anconad

A1N1C3O1N1A1D2

adjective

Located towards the elbow.

Scrabble 10

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adjective
  1. anatomyLocated towards the elbow.
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    This articulation of the metacarpal bone of the thumb is luxated either thenad or anconad of the os trapezium; when thenad, there is a prominence in the palm of the hand, the finger is extended anconad, and cannot be inflected thenad; when luxated anconad, there is a projection on the anconal aspect of the wrist, the thumb is inflected thenad, and cannot be extended.

    1823, John Lizars, A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, volume 1

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