anconad

English

Etymology

ancon +‎ -ad

Adjective

anconad

  1. (anatomy) Located towards the elbow.
    • 1823, John Lizars, A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, volume 1:
      This articulation of the metacarpal bone of the thumb is luxated either thenad or anconad of the os trapezium; when thenad, there is a prominence in the palm of the hand, the finger is extended anconad, and cannot be inflected thenad; when luxated anconad, there is a projection on the anconal aspect of the wrist, the thumb is inflected thenad, and cannot be extended.
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