Definition of Lumbrical

1. a. Resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands and feet.

Definition of Lumbrical

1. Adjective. worm-like. As in the lumbrical muscles of the forearm or the round worm Ascaris lumbricoides. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lumbrical

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lumbrical

1. Resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands and feet. A lumbrical muscle. Origin: Cf. F. Lombrical. See Lumbric. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumbrical

lumbocolostomy
lumbocolotomy
lumbocostal
lumbocostal ligament
lumbocostoabdominal triangle
lumbodorsal fascia
lumboiliac
lumboinguinal
lumboinguinal nerve
lumbosacral
lumbosacral angle
lumbosacral joint
lumbosacral plexus
lumbosacral trunk
lumbric
lumbrical (current term)
lumbrical muscle of foot
lumbrical muscle of hand
lumbricalis
lumbricals
lumbrici
lumbricidal
lumbricide
lumbriciform
lumbricine
lumbricines
lumbricoid
lumbricosis
lumbrics
lumbricus

Literary usage of Lumbrical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"It demonstrates how the mass extends down along the lumbrical muscles, and shows also what site should be opened to evacuate the contents of the space. ..."

2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1887)
"Nerve-supply of the lumbrical Mu*des. DR. BROOKS communicated the result of his investigations into the varieties in the innervation of the ..."

3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus and the attached lumbrical ... The lumbrical muscles are four slender fleshy bellies which arise from the ..."

4. Morris's Human Anatomy: A Complete Systematic Treatise by English and by Henry Morris, James Playfair McMurrich (1907)
"The third supplies the radial side of the second digit and gives a twig to the first lumbrical muscle. The second common volar digital sends a twig to the ..."

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