Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as interosseous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Situated between bones.

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  • adjective anatomy Between bones; interosseous.

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Examples

  • Therefore the hand is usually in the so-called interosseal position, with flexion of the proximal and extension of the middle and distal phalanges.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • Therefore the hand is usually in the so-called interosseal position, with flexion of the proximal and extension of the middle and distal phalanges.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • This deep palmar arch lies close upon the forepart of the carpo-metacarpal joints; it sends off branches to supply the deeply situated muscles, and other structures of the palm; and from it are also derived other branches, which pierce the interosseal spaces, and appear on the back of the hand,

    Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise

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