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MESOTHENAR

\mˈɛsəθənˌɑː], \mˈɛsəθənˌɑː], \m_ˈɛ_s_ə_θ_ə_n_ˌɑː]\

Definitions of MESOTHENAR

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Muscle pulling thumb toward palm.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A muscle, which carries the thumb towards the palm. Winslow applied the term to the abductor pollicis, united to the deep-seated portion of the flexor brevis pollicis.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

The adductor pollicis.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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