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lumbricals

lumbricals is the plural of lumbrical.

Meaning of lumbrical

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.

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Questions about lumbricals

What is lumbricals the plural of?
Lumbricals is the plural of lumbrical.

Words near lumbricals in the dictionary

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

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