supinator
Americannoun
noun
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
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
This displacement being a little more considerable in the felide, the long supinator is a little further developed than it is in the canine species; but, notwithstanding, it is only rudimentary.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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
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