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scaphoid

 

  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]: 
 
  Scaphoid  \Scaph"oid\  (?;  277),  a.  [Gr.  ska`fh  a  boat  +  -oid:  cf 
  F.  scapho["i]de.]  (Anat.) 
  Resembling  a  boat  in  form  boat-shaped.  --  n.  The  scaphoid 
  bone. 
 
  {Scaphoid  bone} 
  a  One  of  the  carpal  bones,  which  articulates  with  the 
  radius;  the  radiale. 
  b  One  of  the  tarsal  bones;  the  navicular  bone.  See  under 
  {Navicular}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scaphoid 
  adj  :  (anatomy)  shaped  like  a  boat  [syn:  {navicular}]




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