volar
1 Americanadjective
adjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of volar1
1805–15; < Latin vol ( a ) palm of hand, sole of foot + -ar 1
Origin of volar2
1830–40; < Latin vol ( āre ) to fly + -ar 1
Example Sentences
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According to both St. Bonaventura and Tomás de Celano, St. Francis of Assisi’s manual stigmata included baculiform masses of what presented as hardened black flesh extrudent from both volar planes.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 28, 2011
Pressure on the navicular bone is diminished and tension on the flexor tendon is relieved by even slight volar flexion.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
That is, in cases where the subject is simply "cock-ankled", where volar flexion of the pastern joint exists but the foot is kept flat on the ground, correction is possible without tenotomy.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
The foot may contact the ground squarely and yet the leg may remain relaxed and free from pressure; volar flexion, in such cases, is indicative of inflammation of a part of the flexor apparatus.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
There is volar flexion of the phalanges when the subject is at rest.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
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