Word info

heel palm

Speech parts

1. heel palm - Noun

2. heel palm - Verb

Meaning

heel palm (plural heel palms)

Alternative form of heel-palm

A blow in which the heel of the palm strikes an opponent.

(orthopedics) A technique for evaluating the reduction of a hip or femur by holding the patient's heels in one's palms with both legs in abduction and internal rotation, then noting the amount of external rotation of the feet when the internal rotation is released.

heel-palm (third-person singular simple present heel-palms, present participle heel-palming, simple past and past participle heel-palmed)

To strike with a heel-palm blow.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

heel-palm

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