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Question about the English language

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Shuggy:

--- Quote from: Fran on November 20, 2008, 06:40:31 pm ---Or...

She noticed that the cave floor rose slightly upward.

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or "...sloped gently upward."

Monika:
So here´s another one for you ;)

What is the English word for...well...I´m trying to explain a wrist tattoo for someone and how it looks on the "underside" of the wrist. Do you understand what I´m getting at? To say "underside" sounds odd to me, so what do you say?


Kelda:
inside of your wrist.

southendmd:
The anatomic term is "volar aspect" or "palmar".

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: southendmd on April 07, 2009, 02:26:02 pm ---The anatomic term is "volar aspect" or "palmar".

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The opposite being "dorsal."

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