Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palmar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables: pal-mar
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.

adj

In the direction of the palm.

adj

Of or relating to the underside of the wings of birds.

Example Sentences

""A latent print on the palmar surface of our hands and the plantar surfaces of our foot is a scan that is entirely different from the scan on the rest of our bodies."
"The long and ring superficialis tendons lie more palmar than the index and small."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palmāris. By surface analysis, palm + ar.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: palmāris

Inflected Forms

more palmar (comparative) most palmar (superlative)

Derived Forms

distopalmar dorsopalmar lateropalmar nonpalmar palmarly posteropalmar proximopalmar radiopalmar transpalmar

Phrases

odonto-tricho-ungual-digital-palmar syndrome palmar fibromatosis

Frequently Paired Words

plantar ventral

Synonyms

palmal volar

Antonyms

dorsal

Questions

What does palmar mean?: Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.
Where does palmar come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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