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Pronation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or result of pronating; the prone position of the fore limb, in which the bones of the forearm are more or less crossed, and the palm of the hand is turned downward: the opposite of supination.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of turning the palm or palmar surface of the forefoot downward.
  • noun. That motion of the forearm whereby the palm or palmar, surface is turned downward.
  • noun. The position of the limb resulting from the act of pronation. Opposed to supination.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing down
  • noun. Walking on the inner edge of the foot.
  • noun. The action of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned down or back.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward
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    "Bunions develop because of abnormal pronation, which is the collapsing of the arch over a prolonged period of time."
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