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猿手
さるてさるで
1. [n] {medicine}
▶ ape hand (deformity)
▶ simian hand



History:
2. A 2014-12-02 07:57:08  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
and in gg5 (さるて【猿手】)
in eij as:
The patient had a flattened-out, so-called ape hand, in which there was atrophy of the thenar muscles.
その患者{かんじゃ}の手は平坦化{へいたん〓か}し、いわゆる猿手{さるて}となっていて、母指球筋{ぼしきゅう〓きん}が萎縮{いしゅく}していた。

meanwhile, daijs also has this:
 太刀の柄頭(つかがしら)の兜金(かぶとがね)につけた鐶(かん)。腕貫(うでぬき)の緒を形式化したもの。
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世界大百科事典 also has a 猿手(植物)entry
  Comments:
"猿手" "さるて" = 401
"猿手" "さるで" = 183
i for one would read this as さるて, but i've never heard of the term before
  Diff:
@@ -7,0 +8,3 @@
+<reb>さるて</reb>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
@@ -11,0 +15 @@
+<field>&med;</field>
1. A* 2014-12-02 07:43:27  Marcus Richert
  Refs:
britannica, google images
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_hand_deformity
daijs has another meaning altogether but "ape hand" is all 
over google

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