Meaning of opisthenar | Babel Free

Definitions

The back of the hand.

rare

Examples

“Blood samples were obtained from the opisthenar vein for measurements of lactate.”

“Her mother favored a multiyear project: obscenities carved in intricate and clever juxtapositions, descending every finger, curling in lettered whorls across the palm, fanning in offensive rays across the opisthenar, which is the name⟳ for the back of the hand, a word that Leilani knew because she had studied the structure⟳ of the human hand in detail, the better to understand⟳ her difference.”

“The handstrap includes an opisthenar-surrounding strap portion (3) which attaches to a handgrip (1) by way of transmission straps (4, 5) extending under the palm and thumb.”

“Seventy seconds after iodine contrast medium […] was injected at 1.0 ml/sec (total 100 ml) from^([sic]) the opisthenar vein, the whole breast was examined […]”

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