Meanings
- not comparableanatomyToward the outer side of the palm of the hand.
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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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From thenar + -ad. By surface analysis, then- + -ad.
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