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THENAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers

Synonyms:

palm; thenar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("thenar" is a kind of...):

area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)

Meronyms (parts of "thenar"):

thenar (the fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb)

Holonyms ("thenar" is a part of...):

hand; manus; mitt; paw (the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb)

Derivation:

thenal; thenar (of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("thenar" is a kind of...):

area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)

Holonyms ("thenar" is a part of...):

palm; thenar (the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers)

Derivation:

thenal; thenar (of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb

Synonyms:

thenal; thenar

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

thenar (the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers)

Derivation:

thenar (the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers)

thenar (the fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb)

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