Dictionary

palmar en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palmāris. By surface analysis, palm + ar.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.
   • "A latent print on the palmar surface of our hands and the plantar surfaces of our foot is a scan that is entirely different from the scan on the rest of our bodies. 1988 May 20, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader:
2. In the direction of the palm.
   • The long and ring superficialis tendons lie more palmar than the index and small. 2002, John Gray Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery, →ISBN, page 14:
3. Of or relating to the underside of the wings of birds.

Forms

Antonyms

dorsal (antonym(s) of “toward the palmar surface”)

Deriveds

proximopalmar · posteropalmar · transpalmar · dorsopalmar · palmarly · lateropalmar · nonpalmar · odonto-tricho-ungual-digital-palmar syndrome · radiopalmar · palmar fibromatosis · distopalmar

Hypernyms

volar

Relateds

plantar · ventral

Synonyms

palmal (in the direction of the palm)

Translations (14)

es palmar (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · ca palmar (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · de handflächenseitig (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · ru пальма́рный (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · de palmar (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · vo namakevik (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · ru ладо́нный (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · de Palmar- (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · de Hand- (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · de volar (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · bg дланов (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · pl dłoniowy (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · de hohlhandseitig (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) · pt palmar (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand)