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Definition of Pronate
1. Verb. Turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards.
Definition of Pronate
1. a. Somewhat prone; inclined; as, pronate trees.
Definition of Pronate
1. Verb. (transitive anatomy) To turn or rotate one’s hand and forearm so that the palm faces down if the forearm is horizontal, back if the arm is pointing down, or forward if the forearm is pointing up; to twist the right forearm counterclockwise or the left forearm clockwise. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive anatomy) To twist the foot so that if walking the weight would be borne on the inner edge of the foot. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive anatomy) To become pronated. ¹
4. Adjective. Somewhat prone; inclined. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pronate
1. to turn the palm downward or backward [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pronate
Literary usage of Pronate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Navy Seal Physical Fitness Guide edited by Patricia A. Deuster (1998)
"+ Know whether you over- or under-pronate. If you over-pronate you need shoes
that provide stability, whereas, if you under-pronate you need shoes that ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1894)
"Can pronate, adduct and but slightly extend arm at elbow on both sides. ...
Can adduct, abduct, supinate and pronate arm by shoulder muscles. ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1894)
"Can pronate, adduct and but slightly extend arm at elbow on both sides. ...
Can adduct, abduct, supinate and pronate arm by shoulder muscles. ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1873)
"On telling him to alternately pronate and supinate the hand, these acts were
accomplished tolerably well for the first four times, then the act of ..."
5. Dislocations and Joint-fractures by Frederic Jay Cotton (1910)
"In the common cases where the luxation accompanies the fracture there is no trace
of such loss of ability to pronate. Diagnosis.—Absence of the prominence ..."
6. Manual of Operative Surgery by Joseph Decatur Bryant (1886)
"... dissect up the sleeve of integument until opposite the joint ; pronate and
forcibly flex the carpus, and open the wrist-joint on the dorsal surface by ..."
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