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n. - The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers; The fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb adj. - Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb.

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  • They drove in silence for a while until he said, "Here's your turning," and slid the Rolls on to thenar row country lane she knew so well.
  • The Royal Infirmary was on the other side of Princes Street, beyond the Grassmarket, towering over thenar row streets and ancient houses around it.
  • She felt the tension in his fingers as he gripped her, and then he was caressing her, tracing thenar row indentation of her waist, cupping her breasts.
  • They drain into a venous plexus which is situated over the thenar and hypothenar eminences and across the front of the wrist.
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