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palmar

[ pal-mer, pahl-, pah-mer ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or located in or on the palm of the hand or to the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal.


palmar

/ ˈpælmə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the palm of the hand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • trans·palmar adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of palmar1

First recorded in 1650–60, palmar is from the Latin word palmāris measuring a hand's breadth. See palm 1, -ar 1
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Example Sentences

All specimens from Arteaga have two palmar tubercles; the inner and outer metatarsal tubercles are subequal in size.

The two men left Palmar together the next morning, and rode toward Mexico, which city they reached after a ten days' journey.

Bravo took Palmar, by storm, after a resistance of three days.

As a limited eruption it is most frequently seen on the palms and soles—the palmar and plantar syphiloderm.

They are met with chiefly on the palmar aspect of the fingers, and vary in size from a split pea to a cherry.

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