cheiro-, cheir-, chiro-, chir-, -cheiria, -chiria +
(Greek: hand; pertaining to the hand or hands)
cheirokinesthesia, chirokinesthesia
1. A subjective sensation of hand movements.
2. The sense of awareness of movements of the hand, as in writing.
cheirokinesthetic, chirokinesthetic
Describing, or referring to, cheirokinesthesia, chirokinesthesia (sensing, or being aware of, the movements of the hands).
cheirologist, chirologist
1. A person who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers.
2. Someone who makes the hand a subject of study.
cheirology, chirology
1. The technique of communicating by signs made with the hands and fingers; especially, in the manual alphabets used by the deaf and mute.
2. The study of the hand.
3. Telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand; synonyms: palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy.
cheiromachy, chiromachy
Hand-to-hand combat; fist fighting.
cheiromance, chiromance
1. To divine or tell fortunes by cheiromancy or chiromancy.
2. To practice cheiromancy or chiromancy.
cheiromancer, chiromancer
A fortuneteller who predicts one's future by the lines on person's palms; synonyms: palmist, palmister.
cheiromancy, chiromancy
Divination by the hand; the art of telling the characters and fortunes of people by inspection of their hands; palmistry.
Ah, yes, your manly hand indicates that there
is a new woman who wants to be in your life.
A fortune teller is someone who tells an unmarried man there's a woman in his future, and tells a married man there's a future in his woman.
—Modified from an Evan Esar quote, Esar's Comic Dictionary.
A cheiromantist is a fortune-teller who palms herself off as a hand reading expert or one who sees prosperity on every hand.
—Evan Esar, Esar's Comic Dictionary.
cheiromantic, chiromantic
A reference to cheiromancy or chiromancy.
cheiromegaly, chiromegaly
1. Enlargement of one or both hands which may be seen in syringomyelia (condition characterized by the formation of a central fluid-containing cavity in the substance of the spinal cord).
2. Enlargement of the hands, wrists, or ankles.
cheironomy, chironomy
The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gestures made with the hands; pantomimic.
cheiroplast, chiroplast
An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc.
cheiroplasty, chiroplasty
1. Any plastic surgery on the hand or hands.
2. The surgical repair of a defect or trauma to the hands.
cheiropodalgia, chiropodalgia
Pain in the extremities; such as, fingers, toes, hands, feet, etc.).
cheiropodist, chiropodist
1. A medical doctor who diagnoses and treats disorders and diseases of the feet; a podiatrist.
2. Originally it referred to someone who treated diseases of the hands and feet; then it became restricted to a person who treated corns and bunions.
Related "hand" units:
Dextro and Sinsitro History;
Hands as Objects of Art;
Hands: Mechanical Marvels;
manu-;
palm.
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