palmar

[ pal-mer, pahl-, pah-mer ]

/ ˈpæl mər, ˈpɑl-, ˈpɑ mər /

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adjective

of, relating to, or located in or on the palm of the hand or to the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal.

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Origin of palmar

First recorded in 1650–60, palmar is from the Latin word palmāris measuring a hand's breadth. See palm¹, -ar¹

OTHER WORDS FROM palmar

trans·pal·mar, adjective

Words nearby palmar

pally, pally up, palm, Palma, palmaceous, palmar, palmar arch, palmar digital artery, palmar digital vein, palmar fibromatosis, palmar interosseous muscle

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How to use palmar in a sentence

All specimens from Arteaga have two palmar tubercles; the inner and outer metatarsal tubercles are subequal in size.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico|William E. Duellman
The two men left Palmar together the next morning, and rode toward Mexico, which city they reached after a ten days' journey.
The Gold-Seekers|Gustave Aimard
Bravo took Palmar, by storm, after a resistance of three days.
Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2|Brantz Mayer
As a limited eruption it is most frequently seen on the palms and soles—the palmar and plantar syphiloderm.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon

They are met with chiefly on the palmar aspect of the fingers, and vary in size from a split pea to a cherry.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for palmar

palmar

/ (ˈpælmə) /

adjective

of or relating to the palm of the hand

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Medical definitions for palmar

palmar

[ păl′mər, päl′-, pä′mər ]

adj.

Of, relating to, or corresponding to the palm of the hand.