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Destot's space

Destot's space noun: the space in the wrist bounded by the hamate, capitate, triquetral and lunate bones.

Noun

Destot's space

  1. The space in the wrist bounded by the hamate, capitate, triquetral and lunate bones.
    • The wound on the back of the hand on the Shroud of Turin appears on the thumb side of the wrist, and any anatomy textbook will confirm that Destot's space is on the pinkie side of the wrist, where Barbet indeed sank his nails into his cadaver wrists."2003, Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, W. W. Norton & Company, page 163

Origin of Destot's space

Named for radiologist Étienne Destot (1864-1918).

Questions about Destot's space

What does Destot's space mean?
Destot's space means the space in the wrist bounded by the hamate, capitate, triquetral and lunate bones.
What part of speech is Destot's space?
Destot's space is a noun.

Words near Destot's space in the dictionary

  1. destoolments
  2. destools
  3. destoor
  4. destoors
  5. destory
  6. Destot's space
  7. destratification
  8. destratifications
  9. destratificator
  10. destratificators
  11. destratified

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