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palmar, a. and n.|ˈpælmə(r)| [ad. L. palmāris, f. palma: see palm n.1 and n.2, and -ar.] A. adj. †1. (See quots.) Obs. rare—0.
1656Blount Glossogr., Palmar (palmaris), pertaining to victory or to a hand breadth, or to the palm of the hand. 1658Phillips, Palmar, belonging to a Palm. 2. Anat. Pertaining to, situated in, or connected with the palm of the hand (or the corresponding part of the fore-foot of a quadruped). palmar arch: name for the continuation of the radial artery (deep p.a.) and that of the ulnar artery (superficial p.a.) in the palm.
1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 211 Palmar or Anterior Ligaments. 1840G. Ellis Anat. 408 The artery that forms the superficial palmar arch is the continuation of the ulnar. 1872Humphry Myology 37 The anterior or palmar part of the ulnar condyle. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 173 On the plantar surface of the foot or the palmar of the hand. B. n. 1. Anat. A palmar muscle, nerve, or other structure.
1890in Cent. Dict. 2. Zool. Name for certain joints in the ‘arms’ of a crinoid: see quot. 1888. (Also in Lat. form palmāre, pl. -ia.)
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. ix. 584 These again bifurcate to give rise to the palmaria. 1879Carpenter in Trans. Lin. Soc. II. i. 24 Complete series of distichals and palmars. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 572 If the arms [of a Crinoid] branch twice the joints between the first and second places of division are known as distichals; if thrice, the joints between the second and third places of division are designated palmars. |