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supinator

American  
[soo-puh-ney-ter] / ˈsu pəˌneɪ tər /

noun

Anatomy.
  1. a muscle used in supination.


supinator British  
/ ˈsuːpɪˌneɪtə, ˈsjuː- /

noun

  1. anatomy the muscle of the forearm that can produce the motion of supination

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of supinator

From New Latin, dating back to 1605–15; see origin at supinate, -tor

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The supinator is the only one that turns the forearm anteriorly.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

The pronators are the pronator teres and the pronator quadratus, and the supinator is the only one that turns the forearm anteriorly.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

Tubby has devised an operation for converting the pronator radii teres into a supinator, and Robert Jones another in which the flexors of the carpus are made to take the place of the extensors.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

The deep branch may be divided as it passes through the supinator in operations on old fractures and dislocations in the region of the elbow.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

Deeply situated at the region of the elbow, the short supinator has little interest for us.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

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