Apposable

Apposable
Apposable Ap*pos"a*ble, a. (Anat.) Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand; able to be brought into direct spatial opposition.

Syn: opposable [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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