See Also: tendon sheath of abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis muscles(medicine)
abductor pollicis longus(medicine)
abductor pollicis brevis(medicine)
musculus abductor pollicis brevis(medicine)
musculus abductor pollicis longus(medicine)
Otaheite(dictionary)
otaheite apple(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
abductor(dictionary)
abductor(medicine)

abductor pollicis longus (medicine) and Otaheite (iou)


abductor pollicis longus (medicine)


abductor pollicis longus
<anatomy> Origin, interosseous membrane and posterior surfaces of radius and ulna; insertion, lateral side of base of first metacarpal bone; action, abducts and assists in extending thumb; nerve supply, radial.

Synonym: musculus abductor pollicis longus, long abductor muscle of thumb, musculus extensor ossis metacarpi pollicis.


Otaheite (iou)



Otaheite adjective & noun. L18.
[Tahitian Otaheite Tahiti.]
= TAHITIAN adjective & noun. Now only in the names of fruits or plants introduced from or associated with Tahiti.
Otaheite apple the edible yellow plumlike fruit of Spondias cytherea (family Anacardiaceae); also (W. Indies) (the fruit of) the Malay apple, Syzygium malaccense. Otaheite gooseberry (the astringent fruit of) a tree of the spurge family, Phyllanthus acidus. Otaheite orange a variety of an acid mandarin orange grown as a pot plant.