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preaxial
adjective
anatomy specializeduk /ˌpriːˈæk.si.əl/ us /ˌpriːˈæk.si.əl/
relating to the inner side of the arm or leg:
Preaxial polydactyly affects the thumb or big toe.
The mice showed one extra preaxial digit in the hindlimb.
in a position that is in front of the axis(= an imaginary line that runs down the centre of something) of the body or a body part:
In front of this axis, the preaxial nervous plexus of the embryo becomes the femoral nerve.
The condition often includes various hand anomalies, predominantly preaxial reduction or absent thumbs.
This genetic mutation results in preaxial polydactyly.
The concavity to the preaxial margin is shallower and broader than that to the postaxial margin.
The preaxial surface of the bone is gently concave.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
General location and orientation
about
along
anterior
around
back onto something
fix
forward
left
left-hand
lock on
nearside
noncentral
offside
on-site
position
right-hand
right/wrong way roundidiom
round
side-on
spot
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