Palmar vs Volar - What's the difference?
palmar | volar | Hypernyms |
(anatomy, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage
* {{quote-news, 1988, May 20, Jack Clark, Touch of Death, Chicago Reader
, passage="A latent print on the palmar surface of our hands and the plantar surfaces of our foot is a scan that is entirely different from the scan on the rest of our bodies. }}
(anatomy, and, medicine) In the direction of the palm
* {{quote-book, 2002, John Gray Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery
, passage= The long and ring superficialis tendons lie more palmar than the index and small.}}
(zoology) Of or relating to the underside of the wings of birds.
Volar is a hyponym of palmar.
Volar is a hypernym of palmar.
As adjectives the difference between palmar and volar
is that palmar is of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage while volar is pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.palmar
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