Definitions for supination

supination su·pi·na·tion

Spelling: [soo-puh-ney-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌsu pəˈneɪ ʃən/

Supination is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 510 anagrams from letters in supination (aiinnopstu).

Definitions for supination

noun

  1. rotation of the hand or forearm so that the palmar surface is facing upward (opposed to pronation).
  2. a comparable motion of the foot, consisting of adduction followed by inversion.
  3. the position assumed as the result of this rotation.

Origin of supination

First recorded in 1660-70; supinate + -ion

Examples for supination

If the ligaments fail to unite, the head of the ulna tends to slip out of place in pronation and supination—recurrent dislocation.

The elbow is flexed at a right angle, and the forearm supported in a sling midway between pronation and supination.

All movements are painful, but especially movements in the direction of supination.

The prognosis must be guarded, especially with regard to the preservation of pronation and supination.

Thus, the bear (plantigrade) has five digits, and the power of performing the movements of supination and pronation.

The forearm lies in supination, with its posterior surface next to the plate.

Should we, then, in order to maintain the symmetry with human anatomy, first study the forearm in the position of supination?

The movements allowed at these three articulations are called pronation and supination of the radius.

The radius and ulna are parallel in the most natural position of supination.

In addition to the ordinary signs of fracture, there is partial or complete loss of pronation and supination.

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