volar
1[voh-ler]
- of or relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
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Origin of volar
1volar
2[voh-ler]
- pertaining to or used for flight.
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Origin of volar
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floating, aerial, soaring, express, mobile, fleet, drifting, gliding, waving, streaming, flapping, winging, mercurial, speedy, aeronautical, airborne, avian, volant, volarExamples from the Web for volar
Historical Examples of volar
There is volar flexion of the phalanges when the subject is at rest.
Lameness of the HorseJohn Victor Lacroix
Volar flexion of the phalanges relieves tension on the parts; therefore, this position is assumed while the subject is at rest.
Lameness of the HorseJohn Victor Lacroix
Volar flexion in a sufficient degree to relax the inflamed structures is always evident.
Lameness of the HorseJohn Victor Lacroix
In other subjects, while able to stand and walk, great difficulty is experienced because of volar flexion of the phalanges.
Lameness of the HorseJohn Victor Lacroix
Wouldn't that same question arise if it went through the volar aspect and exited through the dorsal aspect?
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
volar
- anatomy of or relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot
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Word Origin for volar
C19: from Latin vola hollow of the hand, palm, sole of the foot
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Word Origin and History for volar
1814, from Latin vola "the hollow of a hand or foot."
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