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drop hand (medicine) and nard (medicine)


drop hand (medicine)


drop hand -->
wrist-drop
Paralysis of the extensors of the wrist and fingers; most often caused by lesion of the radial nerve.

Synonym: carpoptosis, carpoptosia, drop hand.


nard (medicine)


nard


1. <botany> An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.

2. An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See Spikenard.

3. <botany> A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value, found in Europe and Asia.

Origin: AS, fr. L. Nardus, Gr.; cf. Heb. Nerd, Per. Nard, Scr. Nalada.

Source: Websters Dictionary