NOUN
- the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
- the fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb
ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb
How To Use thenar In A Sentence
- The motor branch to the hypothenar muscles separates from the main ulnar nerve just distal to the pisiform at the wrist.
- This Thenardier female was like the product of a wench engrafted on a fishwife. Les Miserables
- Although it is uncommon, swelling in the thenar or midpalmar spaces of the hand suggests an infectious etiology.
- Decreased grip strength may result in loss of dexterity, and thenar muscle atrophy may develop if the syndrome is severe.
- Now 3 years complexity effect of comprehensive prophylaxis and treatment reports thenar ulcer as follows.
- What impeded Bloom from giving Stephen counsels of hygiene and prophylactic to which should be added suggestions concerning a preliminary wetting of the head and contraction of the muscles with rapid splashing of the face and neck and thoracic and epigastric region in case of sea or river bathing, the parts of the human anatomy most sensitive to cold being the nape, stomach and thenar or sole of foot? Ulysses
- The nerve also supplies a branch to the muscles of the thumb, the thenar muscles.
- She felt the tension in his fingers as he gripped her, and then he was caressing her, tracing thenar row indentation of her waist, cupping her breasts. A Cure For Love
- Shaking the patient's hand at the end of the consultation, the doctor noticed a raised lesion on the thenar eminence of his right hand.
- They drove in silence for a while until he said, "Here's your turning," and slid the Rolls on to thenar row country lane she knew so well. A Kind Of Magic