See Also: thenar(medicine)
thenar(dictionary)
thenar eminence(medicine)
thenar prominence(medicine)
thenar space(medicine)

thenar (iou)



thenar adjective & noun. M17.
[Greek = palm of the hand, sole of the foot.]
Anatomy.
A. adjective. Designating the ball of the thumb and the muscle that constitutes this. Chiefly in thenar eminence, thenar muscle. M17.
b. noun. The thenar eminence or muscle; Palmistry a line that crosses the thenar eminence. Now rare. M17.
thenal adjective (now rare) of, pertaining to, or designating the palmar aspect of the forearm E19.