palmar

comparative more palmar · superlative most palmar

1. not comparableanatomyOf or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.

   "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.

   1988 May 20, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader

2. anatomyIn the direction of the palm.

   The long and ring superficialis tendons lie more palmar than the index and small.

   2002, John Gray Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery, →ISBN, page 14

   Synonyms: palmal

3. biologyOf or relating to the underside of the wings of birds.