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

Other Words From

• trans·palmar adjective

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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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