thenar adjective & noun. ['Ɵi:nǝ] M17.
[Greek = palm of the hand, sole of the foot.]
Anatomy.
A. adjective. Designating the ball of the thumb and the muscle that constitutes this. Chiefly in thenar eminence, thenar muscle. M17.
b. noun. The thenar eminence or muscle; Palmistry a line that crosses the thenar eminence. Now rare. M17.

■ thenal adjective (now rare) of, pertaining to, or designating the palmar aspect of the forearm E19.

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