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anconad en · ADJ

Etymology

From ancon + -ad.

Meanings

1. Located towards the elbow.
   • This articulation of the metacarpal bone of the thumb is luxated either thenad or anconad of the os trapezium; when thenad, there is a prominence in the palm of the hand, the finger is extended anconad, and cannot be inflected thenad; when luxated anconad, there is a projection on the anconal aspect of the wrist, the thumb is inflected thenad, and cannot be extended. 1823, John Lizars, A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, volume 1:

Relateds

anconal