请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 pisometacarpal
释义

pisometacarpaladj.

Brit. /ˌpʌɪsəʊmɛtəˈkɑːpl/, U.S. /ˈˌpaɪsoʊˌmɛdəˈkɑrp(ə)l/
Forms: 1800s– pisometacarpal, 1800s– pisimetacarpal (rare).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pisiform adj., -o- connective, metacarpal adj.
Etymology: < pis- (in pisiform adj.) + -o- connective + metacarpal adj., after scientific Latin pisometacarpeus (in ligamentum piso-metacarpeum (1865 or earlier)).In form pisimetacarpal directly < pisi- (in pisiform adj.) + metacarpal adj.
Anatomy.
Of or relating to the pisiform and metacarpal bones; spec. designating a ligament that extends between the pisiform and the base of the fifth metacarpal bone, as part of the tendon of insertion of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle.
ΚΠ
1889 A. Macalister Text-bk. Human Anat. 301 It is inserted into the pisiform bone and the piso-metacarpal ligament.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Pisimetacarpal, relating to the pisiform bone and to the metacarpus.
1901 Gray's Anat. (rev. ed.) 392 The fibres terminate in a tendon which..is inserted into the pisiform bone, and is prolonged from this to the fifth metacarpal and unciform bones, by the piso-metacarpal and piso-uncinate ligaments.
1981 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 292 93 Hadar hominids had strong pisohamate and pisometacarpal ligaments and flexor retinaculum.
2002 Radiology 222 763 Pisohamate and pisometacarpal ligaments were slightly better seen on MR arthrograms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1889
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 22:03:25