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palmar

palmar adjective: of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.

Adjective

palmar (comparative more palmar, superlative most palmar)

  1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.
    • "A latent print on the palmar surface of our hands and the plantar surfaces of our foot is a scan that is entirely different from the scan on the rest of our bodies.1988 May 20, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader
  2. In the direction of the palm.
    • The long and ring superficialis tendons lie more palmar than the index and small.2002, John Gray Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery, →ISBN, page 14
    Synonyms:
    palmal
  3. Of or relating to the underside of the wings of birds.

palmar meaning in Tamil

palmar in Tamil

அங்கைய, அங்கையிற்குரிய, அங்கைக்குரிய

Synonyms of palmar

Antonyms

Forms of palmar

comparativemore palmar
superlativemost palmar

Origin of palmar

Borrowed from Latin palmāris. By surface analysis, palm + ar.

Words formed from palmar

Questions about palmar

What does palmar mean?
Palmar means of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.
What is palmar in Tamil?
Palmar in Tamil is அங்கைய, அங்கையிற்குரிய, அங்கைக்குரிய. See Palmar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is palmar?
Palmar is an adjective.

Words near palmar in the dictionary

  1. palmaceous
  2. Palmach
  3. Palmachnik
  4. Palmachniks
  5. palmamide
  6. palmar
  7. palmar fibromatosis
  8. palmares
  9. palmaria
  10. palmarian
  11. palmaris longus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palmar (page history and authors); palmar (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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