Radial extensor muscle of wrist
radial extensor muscle of wrist n.
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[rey-dee-uh l] /ˈreɪ di əl/ adjective 1. arranged like radii or rays. 2. having spokes, bars, lines, etc., arranged like radii, as a machine. 3. made in the direction of a radius; going from the center outward or from the circumference inward along a radius: a radial cut. 4. Zoology. pertaining to structures that radiate […]
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noun, Ophthalmology. 1. a surgical technique for correcting nearsightedness by making a series of spokelike incisions in the cornea to change its shape and focusing properties. /ˌkɛrəˈtɒtəmɪ/ noun 1. an operation designed to improve short-sightedness in which a number of cuts are made around the cornea to change the shape of it radial keratotomy n. […]