Palmer vs Palmar - What's the difference?
palmer | palmar |
(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.
As a proper noun Palmer
is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}.As a noun palmer
is a pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification.As an adjective palmar is
of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.palmar
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