Definitions
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- noun medicine The main
artery that enters thewrist on the side of thethumb .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun branch of the brachial artery beginning below the elbow and extending down the forearm around the wrist and into the palm
Etymologies
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Radial here means “of or pertaining to the radius” (one of the bones of the arm).
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