Definition of Palmature

1. Noun. An abnormality in which the fingers are webbed.

Generic synonyms: Abnormalcy, Abnormality

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palmature

palmate compound
palmate folds
palmate leaf
palmated
palmately
palmately compound
palmates
palmatifid
palmatilobed
palmatine
palmation
palmations
palmatipartite
palmatisect
palmatisected
palmature (current term)
palmchat
palmchats
palmcorder
palmcorders
palmcrist
palmcrists
palmed
palmellin
palmer
palmers
palmerworm
palmerworms
palmette
palmettes

Literary usage of Palmature

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1914)
"... William, of Great Nine Partners, Dutchess county, NY. joins in representation in favor of Thomas palmature, V:593. Garney, , sergeant, of Capt, ..."

2. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1911)
"P. Arch. See Arch. P. Re'flex. See Reflex. Palmaris, pal-ma?-ris. See Muscles, Table of. palmature, paï-mat-ûr. A union of the fingers; webbed fingers. ..."

3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1846)
"... secondly, the toti- palmature, where the hind-toe is placed at the inner side of the tarsus, and united with the fore-toes in one entire web ; and, ..."

4. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"... the humerus and is inserted into the second metacarpal bone. It bends the hand and forearm. palmature (pal'me-tiur). A webbed condition of the fingers. ..."

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