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
Wasting of the thenar and hypothenar eminences, and filling up of the hollows above and below the anterior annular ligament, render the appearance on the palmar aspect characteristic.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Cramps: In right thenar; ceasing there as it goes to the left.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
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 Joseph Bell
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