See Also: ramus perforantes arteriarum metacarpalium palmarium(medicine)
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curb(1) (iou) and ramus perforantes arteriarum metacarpalium palmarium (medicine)


curb(1) (iou)



curb noun. See also KERB noun. L15.
[Prob. from CURB verb. Cf. CRUB.]
I.
A chain or strap passing under the lower jaw of a horse and attached to the bit, used chiefly as a check. L15.
W. Holtby The big horse pulled at the curb.
fig. Anything that curbs or restrains; a check, a restraint. E17.
Time Italy has imposed curbs on Japanese motorcycles.
II. Senses corresp. to French courbe curve.
A hard swelling on a horse's leg; the disease characterized by this. E16.
A curve, an arc. obsolete exc. dial. E17.
A mould or template for marking out curved work. L18.
III. An enclosing (orig. curved) framework or border.
A frame round the top of a well or a brewer's copper; the frame of a trapdoor or skylight. E16.
A raised margin or edging, as a fender round a hearth. M18.
An edging of stone etc. to a pavement or raised path; = KERB noun 3. Now N. Amer. L18.
A circular ring or plate round the edge of a dome or Other circular structure; the base of a well. (Earlier as KERB noun 2.) E19.
Comb.: curb-bit, curb-bridle: fitted with a curb; curb-chain: acting as a horse's curb; curb-plate the curb of a dome or a well; the horizontal timber where the upper and lower slopes of a curb roof meet; curb roof: of which each face has two slopes, the lower one being the steeper; curb service N. Amer. service by a shop etc. to customers in cars at the street kerb; curbstone = kerbstone s.v. KERB noun.
curbed adjective having a curb; fig. checked, restrained: L16.
curbless adjective (rare) without curb or restraint E19.

ramus perforantes arteriarum metacarpalium palmarium (medicine)


ramus perforantes arteriarum metacarpalium palmarium -->
perforating branches of palmar metacarpal arteries


The perforating branches of the palmar metacarpal arteries, three small arteries that pass dorsally through the second, third, and fourth interosseous spaces of the hand from the palmar metacarpal arteries.

Synonym: ramus perforantes arteriarum metacarpalium palmarium, perforating arteries of hand.