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Supination   Listen
noun
Supination  n.  (Physiol.)
(a)
The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward.
(b)
The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to pronation.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Supination" Quotes from Famous Books



... directly downwards and backwards, the power of moving the wrist half-round and presenting the palm more or less upwards, as in the sloths and in man, does not exist. In order to prevent this pronation and supination the part of the fore-arm bone, the radius, next to the elbow, is not rounded, but forms part of a hinge joint." He also notices another interesting peculiarity in the chest of this animal, the breast-bone being very long; the cartilage at end large, with two long projections resembling ...
— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale



Words linked to "Supination" :   supinate, rotary motion



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