hypothenar

[hahy-poth-uh-nahr, -ner, hahy-puh-thee-ner]Anatomy

noun

the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.

adjective

of, relating to, or situated on the hypothenar.

Origin of hypothenar

First recorded in 1700–10; hypo- + thenar

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Historical Examples of hypothenar

In the ox and the horse we meet with no vestige of the muscles of the thenar or hypothenar eminences.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals
douard Cuyer

hypothenar in Medicine

hypothenar

[hī′pō-thē′när′, -nər, hī-pŏth′ə-]

n.

The fleshy mass at the medial side of the palm.antithenar

Related formshy′po•the′nar adj.

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