'Scaphoid' definitions:
Definition of 'Scaphoid'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'scaphoid'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]