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lumbrical

/ˈlʌm.brɪk.əl/

lumbrical adjective: worm-like.

Adjective

lumbrical (not comparable)

  1. Worm-like.
    • the lumbrical muscles of the forearm or of the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides.

Noun

lumbrical (plural lumbricals)

  1. Any of the four small muscles of the palm of the hand that arise from tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus, are inserted at the base of the digit to which the tendon passes, and flex the proximal phalanx and extend the two distal phalanges of each finger.
  2. Any of four small muscles of the foot homologous to the lumbricals of the hand that arise from tendons of the flexor digitorum longus and are inserted into the first phalanges of the four small toes of which they flex the proximal phalanges and extend the two distal phalanges.

lumbrical meaning in Tamil

lumbrical in Tamil

கைதசை, விரல்தசை

Synonyms of lumbrical

Forms of lumbrical

plurallumbricals

Origin of lumbrical

From New Latin lumbricalis, from lumbricus (“intestinal worm, earthworm”) + -alis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Questions about lumbrical

What does lumbrical mean?
Lumbrical means worm-like.
What is lumbrical in Tamil?
Lumbrical in Tamil is கைதசை, விரல்தசை. See Lumbrical meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lumbrical?
Lumbrical can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce lumbrical?
Lumbrical is pronounced /ˈlʌm.brɪk.əl/.

Words near lumbrical in the dictionary

  1. lumboventricular
  2. lumbovertebral
  3. Lumbreras
  4. Lumbrerases
  5. lumbric
  6. lumbrical
  7. lumbricalis
  8. lumbricals
  9. lumbricid
  10. lumbricids
  11. lumbriciform

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lumbrical (page history and authors); lumbrical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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