"ball of the thumb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: balls of the thumb [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|balls of the thumb}} ball of the thumb (plural balls of the thumb)
  1. (anatomy, informal) The fleshy portion, opposite the nail, of the first segment (first phalange) of the human thumb. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-ball_of_the_thumb-en-noun-sRK0NWU~ Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (anatomy) The most fleshy portion of the palm of the human hand, located adjacent to the second joint of the thumb: the thenar eminence. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-ball_of_the_thumb-en-noun-z7bty87I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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