'Intermedium' definitions:
Definition of 'Intermedium'
From: GCIDE
- Intermedium \In`ter*me"di*um\, n.; pl. Intermediums, L. Intermedia. [NL., neut. of L. intermedius intermediate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Intermediate space. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. An intervening agent or instrument. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Anat.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'intermedium'
From: GCIDE
- Lunar \Lu"nar\, n.
- 1. (Astron.) A lunar distance. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium. [1913 Webster]