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Definition of Apposable
1. Adjective. Capable of being placed opposite to something. "The thumb is opposable to the forefinger"
Definition of Apposable
1. a. Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand.
Definition of Apposable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apposable
Literary usage of Apposable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1856)
"of these fibres, as we have seen, this muscle raises the vocal membrane, and
makes its apposable part thinner; whereas the lateral crico-arytenoid gives a ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... formula as man. and in having hands all the digits of which are In the same
plane and armed with claws instead of nails, the thumb being not apposable. ..."
3. The Historical Relations of Medicine and Surgery to the End of the Sixteenth by Thomas Clifford Allbutt (1905)
"That by virtue of the apposable thumb, monkey became man is no metaphor ; in its
measure it is sober truth. The bane of our profession for the last ..."
4. The Causes and Course of Organic Evolution: A Study of Bioenergics by John Muirhead MacFarlane (1918)
"... permitting of very free motion of fingers and toes, which are tipped by small
claws. 11. First digit more or less apposable in both maims and pes. ; :. ..."
5. The Naturalist (1851)
"... claws attached to them of any length, but those of the hinder legs are very
long, with the claws corresponding: there is an apposable toe on the feet. ..."
6. Laryngoscopy and Rhinoscopy in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of by Moses Prosser James, Prosser James (1873)
"... as 'we have seen, this muscle raises the cal membrane, and makes its apposable
part thinner ; hereas the lateral crico-arytenoid gives a rotatory ..."
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