| FOOSH | fell onto [his or her] outstretched hand |
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| HBF | hand blood flow; hemispheric blood flow; hemoglobinuric bilious fever; hepatic blood flow; hypothala... |
| HFG | hand-foot-genital [syndrome] |
| HFU | hand-foot-uterus [syndrome] |
| HG | hand grip; herpes gestationis; Heschl's gyrus; high glucose; human gonadotropin; human growth; hypog... |
| hand surgeon | <specialist> A physician specialist expert in the surgical case management of hand disorders. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| hand-winged | <zoology> Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; said of bats. See Cheiroptera. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| shoulder-hand syndrome | A syndrome of pain and tenderness, usually to a hand or foot, associated with vasomotor instability, skin changes and rapid development of bony demineralisation (osteoporosis). Frequently will follow a localised trauma, stroke or peripheral nerve injury. (27 Sep 1997) |
| simian hand | Deformity in which there is flattening of the thenar eminence, and the thumb lies adducted and extended; usually due to a median nerve lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skeleton hand | Extension of fingers with atrophy of tissues; occurs in progressive muscular atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spade hand | The coarse, thick, square hand of acromegaly or myxoedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| split hand | A congenital deformity in which the division between the fingers, especially between the third and fourth, extends into the metacarpal region. See: lobster-claw deformity. Synonym: main fourchee, split hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| navicular bone of hand | The largest bone of the proximal row of the carpus on the lateral (radial) side, articulating with the radius, lunate, capitate, trapezium, and trapezoid. Synonym: os scaphoideum, navicular bone of hand, os naviculare manus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dejerine's hand phenomenon | Clonic contractions of the flexors of the hand (wrist) on tapping the dorsum of the hand or the volar side of the forearm near the wrist; occurs in normal persons but is exaggerated in pyramidal tract lesions. Synonym: Dejerine's reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synovial sheaths of digits of hand | The synovial sheaths that enclose the flexor tendons of the fingers and line the inside of the fibrous tendon sheaths. Synonym: vaginae synoviales digitorum manus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsum of hand | The back of the hand. Synonym: dorsum manus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| drop hand | Paralysis of the extensors of the wrist and fingers; most often caused by lesion of the radial nerve. Synonym: carpoptosis, carpoptosia, drop hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interphalangeal joints of hand | The hinge synovial joints between the phalanges of the fingers. Synonym: articulationes interphalangeae manus, digital joints, interphalangeal articulations, phalangeal joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| obstetrical hand | Position of the hand in tetany or in muscular dystrophy; the fingers are flexed at the metacarpophalangeal joints and extended at the phalangeal joints, with the thumb flexed and adducted into the palm; in resemblance to the position of the physician's hand in making a vaginal examination. Synonym: main d'accoucheur, obstetrical hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| one-hand | Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See: dactylology. (04 Mar 1998) |