What does opisthenar mean?
Opisthenar means (medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand..
The handstrap includes an opisthenar-surrounding strap portion (3) which attaches to a handgrip (1) by way of transmission straps (4, 5) extending under the palm and thumb.
Blood samples were obtained from the opisthenar vein for measurements of lactate.
Her mother favored a multiyear project: obscenities carved in intricate and clever juxtapositions, descending every finger, curling in lettered whorls across the palm, fanning in offensive rays across the opisthenar, which is the name for the back of the hand, a word that Leilani knew because she had studied the structure of the human hand in detail, the better to understand her difference.
Seventy seconds after iodine contrast medium […] was injected at 1.0 ml/sec (total 100 ml) from^([sic]) the opisthenar vein, the whole breast was examined […]
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Opisthenar means (medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand..
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The handstrap includes an opisthenar-surrounding strap portion (3) which attaches to a handgrip (1) by way of transmission straps (4, 5) extending under the palm and thumb.
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