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What is the noun for supinating?

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supination
  1. The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back.
  2. (anatomy) The act of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned up or forward, or the resulting state of the forearm
  3. (anatomy) The act or state of combined adduction and inversion of the foot.
  4. (fencing) The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing up.
  5. Examples:
    1. “Attachment was therefore sutural, causing the antebrachium to operate as a single functional unit, with no pronation or supination possible.”
      “Called supination, this motion results in higher levels of biceps muscle activation than the typical palms-up dumbbell curls.”
      “Pain is increased with wrist flexion and forearm supination performed under resistance.”
supinator
  1. (anatomy) Any muscle that aids supination
  2. Examples:
    1. “Good for all, from the neutral striker to the overpronator to the morally suspect supinator.”
      “The intermediate and ulnar sets of muscles are supplied by branches from the deep ramus of the radial nerve after it has passed through the supinator muscle.”
      “Here the artery lies in the interval between the supinator longus and the pronator radii teres.”
supinations
  1. plural of supination
supinators
  1. plural of supinator
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