Opistenar is a beautiful word unusual for our ear, has a Greek origin. What does it mean? We all know that the inner part of the hand is called the palm, but no one almost thought about the name of the back side. The term ‘opistenar’ just means this part of the hand, namely the outer surface of the hand.
In the photo I presented, the girl just demonstrates opistenar. But, do not think that we are talking about a thin chain on the girl’s hand. Not at all, we are talking about the hand itself.
On our body, any part of it has some name. Most of the names we know.
But, there are those that we hear for the first time.
The brush of our hand has the back and palm. This is exactly the back of the side is called opistenar.
It’s hard to pronounce and not just remember the first time. It’s easier to say the back of the palm. But, you can get used to calling shorter-Opistenar.
The outer side of the hand, the back of the palm is opistenar.
Opistenar is called the back of the palm, brush.
And according to the ‘Dictionary of Foreign Words that became part of the Russian language’ from 1910, the author of Chudinov a.N., Opistenar is a word of Greek origin and means it the outer part of the hand, the rear of the hand.
Opistenar – this word sounds a little funny and ridiculous to our hearing. At first glance, if someone says this word, it will seem that a person uttered some kind of curse or confused the letters in the word. But, in fact, this word is completely serious. Translated from Greek, it (the word ‘opistenar’) means part of the hand, or rather the outer (or back) part of the brush. The photo shows precisely this very opistenar. The people studying medicine are probably the word ‘opistenar’ is more familiar than us who ignores science in this area. Now we know the meaning of this interesting word.
Once I met a question in one of the tests, and the following was asked in it: ‘Where to look to see opistenar?’. The answers could not choose the correct answer, because the closest answer was: ‘on the palm’. However, this answer was not true.
Then I had to look into various sources in order to find the mysterious ‘opistenar’. As it turned out, the back side of the palm was awarded with such a beautiful name. And if we know everything about the palm, then there is practically no information about its other side of the information.
The epistenar is called the rear of the palm, although in the literature we often find the ‘back of the hand’ or the ‘back of the brush’. For example:
Wipe the sweat with an epistenar somehow prosaic, but if the gentleman kisses the epistenar to the lady, then this is more romantic. Do not say: ‘He kissed the back of his palm’?
Remember that
Noun ‘Opistenar’ name is really rare. Therefore, you need to know its meaning well, and write it (like the context) is very competent. If we write ‘opistenar’ in a sentence with errors, then all this will look very funny. It will be clear that a person heard an inaudible ringing, but did not understand anything.
The brush of our hand has two sides, two (at least) ‘projection’. One is internal. Often we call her palm. This is where there is no hair and nails, if you speak an accessible language. The second is external, outer. This is the area, the surface of the hand, basically does not include fingers, but also does not exclude them categorically. This is opistenar.
I think that opistenar is served for a kiss. As in this figure: 
I will not repeat what this is a rare foreign word – “opistenar”. Already enough here was painted here.
If someone calls the back of the palm (the outer part of the hand)-“opistenar”, at least no one will understand it, and many can consider it for Snob or Pigzhon.
The word “opistenar” can be found in the one-single dictionary of Chudinov foreign words for 1910. I doubt whether this term is used even in medicine, it is so rare and specific.
Rich Russian proposes to call this part of the brush – “the back of”, “outer part” or “reverse part of the palm”. So for everyone it will be intelligible and clear.
This term refers to such a part of the body as the hand (the upper limb of the musculoskeletal system). In particular, to the brush. The inside of the brush from the wrist to the fingers is called – palm.
Opistenar (Greek) – the outer part of the palm (outer surface of the hand).
Opistenar is the outer side of the palm. The word has a Greek origin. Most often, such a term is used in various sciences, for example, such as anatomy, medicine, biology. But in ordinary life this term is almost not used.
This is nothing more than the back of the hand, or palms (its opposite side) that almost the same.
Word borrowed from Greek.
More often this term is used in medicine (anatomy), in everyday life the word is rarely used.