Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
promptbook
prompter
promptitude
promulgate
promycelium
pron
pron.
pronate
pronator
prone
pronephros
prong
pronghorn
pronominal
pronominalize
pronoun
pronounce
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

pronator

pro·na·tor [ prṓ nàytər ] (plural pro·na·tors)


noun 
Definition:
 
muscle allowing downward positioning: a muscle that turns a part of the body so that it faces downward, e.g. one of the muscles in the forearm that rotates the hand into the palm-down position

[Early 18th century. < modern Latin< Latin pronus (see prone), after supinator]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft