preaxial

American

[pree-ak-see-uhl] / priˈæk si əl /

adjective

Anatomy, Zoology.

situated before the body axis; pertaining to the radial side of the upper limb and the tibial side of the lower limb.

preaxial British

/ priːˈæksɪəl /

adjective

situated or occurring in front of the axis of the body
of or relating to the anterior part of a vertebrate limb

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

preaxially

adverb

Etymology

Origin of preaxial

1870–75; pre- + axial ( def. )

Example Sentences

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The 2-year-old had surgery for the condition, called preaxial polydactyly or bifid thumb, at Shriners Children’s Chicago hospital this year.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

Pre-, prē, before, in compound words like preanal, preauditory, preaxial, prebasal, prebrachial, precardiac, precentral, precerebral, precloacal, precordial, precoracoid, predentate, pre-esophageal, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

The remaining elements take positions comparable to the diagonally placed preaxial radials in such a fin.

From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)

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