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lumbrical, a. and n. Nat. Hist.|lʌmˈbraɪkəl|
[ad. mod.L. lumbrīcāl-is: see lumbricus and -al1.]
A. adj. Pertaining to or resembling a lumbricus or worm; Anat. applied to certain fusiform muscles in the hand and the foot which assist in flexing the digits.
1694Phil. Trans. XVIII. 230 The Lumbrical Muscles (which lye in the Palm of the Hand). 1722Quincy Lex. Physico-Med. (ed. 2) 2 The Tendon of one of the lumbrical Muscles. 1775Ash, Lumbrical.., belonging to the earth⁓worm. 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) III. 394 The Lumbrical and Vermicular Ascaris. 1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 757/2 The fourth digital nerve..gives a filament to the second lumbrical muscle. 1866Treas. Bot., Lumbrical, worm-shaped; a term applied to the worm-like lobes of the frond of certain seaweeds.
B. n. Often in L. form lumbricalis, pl. -es |lʌmbrɪˈkeɪlɪs, -iːz|. A lumbrical muscle.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lumbricales, Muscles of the Finger, so nam'd from their Figure. 1800Phil. Trans. XC. 12 The fingers are bent to a certain degree by the long muscles that lie upon the fore-arm, to the tendons of which a set of smaller muscles are attached, called lumbricales. 1872Humphry Myology 188 There is in each limb only one lumbricalis. 1887Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Apr. 733/1 The lumbricals of the hand and foot. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 660 The two radial lumbricals are not paralysed. |