Entry: pronator teres (n.)
In context: "Fuck up your pronator teres and surrounding tendons before you even start."
Definition: 1. Anat. and Zool. A muscle that effects or assists in pronation; spec. either of two muscles of the forearm in humans: (a) (in full pronator teres, pronator radii teres) a superficial muscle that arises from the humerus and ulna and inserts into the radius;
Other: Here is a pretty good illustration of the muscle.
SNOOT score: 1
Page:161
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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