thenar
Americannoun
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the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
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the fleshy prominence or ball of muscle at the base of the thumb.
adjective
noun
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the palm of the hand
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the fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of thenar
1665–75; < New Latin < Greek thénar palm of hand or sole of foot
Example Sentences
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The thenar muscles are on the radial aspect of the palm.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
These muscles form the thenar eminence, the rounded contour of the base of the thumb, and all act on the thumb.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The deformity is characteristic: the rounded head of the metacarpal projecting behind the level of the joint, while the base of the phalanx forms a prominence among the muscles of the thenar eminence.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
In the ox and the horse we meet with no vestige of the muscles of the thenar or hypothenar eminences.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
While an assistant draws up the skin as much as possible, the surgeon makes an accurate circular incision through the skin, about an inch below the styloid processes, just grazing the thenar and hypothenar eminences.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
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