Meanings
nounspace of Destot (plural spaces of Destot)
plural spaces of Destot
- anatomyThe space in the wrist bounded by the hamate, capitate, triquetral and lunate bones.
It has been referred to by the French as the "space of Destot" (Barbet, 1948) and will be termed here the "medial intercarpal space".
O'Rahilly, Ronan (May 1953), “Epitriquetrum, Hypotriquetrum, and Lunatoriquetrum”, in Acta Radiologica, volume os-39, number 5, →DOI, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, retrieved 19 Jan 2017, page 401
Origin
Named for scientist Étienne Destot (1864-1918).
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