PALMAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palmar mean? 

• PALMAR (adjective)
  The adjective PALMAR has 1 sense:

1. relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot

  Familiarity information: PALMAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALMAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

palmar; volar

Context example:

the palmar muscle

Pertainym:

palm (the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers)

sole (the underside of the foot)

Derivation:

palm (the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers)

 Context examples 

A form of melanoma occurring most often on the plantar, palmar, subungual, and periungual skin.

(Acral Lentiginous Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful red or pink edematous nodules most commonly found on the palmar and/or plantar regions.

(Neutrophilic Eccrine Hidradenitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Reddening of the palmar and plantar regions of the body with occasional involvement of the distal extremities.

(Acral Erythema, NCI Thesaurus)

The blood vessel carrying deoxygenated blood and accompanies the deep palmar artery in the hand.

(Deep Palmar Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

When examining the infant's palm for abnormalities, the examiner may note a single transverse palmar crease, which is found in 5% of newborns and is frequently inherited as a familial trait.

(Palmar Crease Examination, NCI Thesaurus)

Two sets of interossei muscles (dorsal and palmar) that run along the metacarpal bones in the hand controlling the movement of the fingers.

(Hand Interosseous Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

It leads to a variety of abnormalities that include mental retardation, macroglossia, microgenia, epicanthic eyelids, and a single transverse palmar crease.

(Complete Trisomy 21 Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Three arteries arising from the superficial palmar arch which run distally on the second, third and fourth lumbricals muscles to the interdigital clefts where each artery then separates into two proper palmar digital arteries.

(Common Palmar Digital Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormalities are variable from individual to individual and may include mental retardation, retarded growth, flat hypoplastic face with short nose, prominent epicanthic skin folds, small low-set ears with prominent antihelix, fissured and thickened tongue, laxness of joint ligaments, pelvic dysplasia, broad hands and feet, stubby fingers, transverse palmar crease, lenticular opacities and heart disease.

(Down Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

However, single palmar creases can be associated with Down's syndrome and other genetic disorders, or with fetal alcohol syndrome.

(Palmar Crease Examination, NCI Thesaurus)