Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thenad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thenad
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Toward the outer side of the palm of the hand.

Example Sentences

"This articulation of the metacarpal bone of the thumb is luxated either thenad or anconad of the os trapezium; when thenad, there is a prominence in the palm of the hand, the finger is extended anconad, and cannot be inflected thenad; when luxated anconad, there is a projection on the anconal aspect of the wrist, the thumb is inflected thenad, and cannot be extended."

Etymology

From thenar + -ad. By surface analysis, then- + -ad.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: thenar

Questions

What does thenad mean?: Toward the outer side of the palm of the hand.
Where does thenad come from?: From thenar + -ad. By surface analysis, then- + -ad.

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