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navicular |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, a. [L. navicularius fr navicula, dim. of navis ship: cf F. naviculaire.] 1. Of pertaining to or resembling, a boat or ship. 2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone. {Navicular bone}. (Anat.) a One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale; -- called also {scaphoid}. b A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid. {Navicular disease} (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts in a horse's foot. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, n. (Anat.) The navicular bone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: navicular adj : (anatomy) shaped like a boat [syn: {scaphoid}] n : the largest wrist bone on the thumb side [syn: {scaphoid bone}, {os scaphoideum}]
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