hand (hand) the distal part of the upper limb, consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and fingers.
ape hand one with the thumb permanently extended.
claw hand see clawhand.
cleft hand a malformation in which the division between the fingers extends into the metacarpus; often with just two large digits, one on either side of the cleft. 
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Cleft hand.
club hand see clubhand.
drop hand wristdrop.
lobster-claw hand cleft h.
mitten hand a hand in which several fingers are fused together and have a common nail.
writing hand in paralysis agitans, assumption of the position by which a pen is commonly held.
writ·ing hand (r  t ng)n. A contraction of the hand muscles seen in Parkinson's disease, in which the fingers appear to be in the position of holding a pen. |
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