space of Destot
English edit
Etymology edit
Named for scientist Étienne Destot (1864-1918).
Noun edit
space of Destot (plural spaces of Destot)
- (anatomy) The space in the wrist bounded by the hamate, capitate, triquetral and lunate bones.
- 1953, Acta Radiologica:
- It has been referred to by the French as the "space of Destot" (Barbet, 1948) and will be termed here the "medial intercarpal space".[1]