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anconad

anconad adjective: located towards the elbow.

Adjective

anconad

  1. Located towards the elbow.
    • 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...1823, John Lizars, A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, volume 1

Origin of anconad

From ancon + -ad.

Questions about anconad

What does anconad mean?
Anconad means located towards the elbow.
What part of speech is anconad?
Anconad is an adjective.

Words near anconad in the dictionary

  1. ancome
  2. ancomes
  3. ancoms
  4. ancon
  5. ancona
  6. anconad
  7. anconal
  8. Anconan
  9. Anconans
  10. anconas
  11. ancone

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