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TA98 Latin preferred term
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regio pollicis
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TA98 Latin official synonym
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regio digiti primi [I]
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TA98 Latin precursor term
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digitus primus [I]
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TA98 Latin precursor term
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pollex
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TA98 English equivalent
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region of thumb
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TA98 English source term
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thumb
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 Bilaterality
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This entity has left and right instances.
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 Immaterial
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This entity is an immaterial object (no mass).
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TA98 correction note
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The Latin precursor was more properly the term for a part of the hand rather than for a region of the hand. Therefore, a new term was created for this region of the hand, and a new TA code for the Latin precursor term in the partes corporis humani section.
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