'Scaphoid' definitions:

Definition of 'scaphoid'

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adjective
Shaped like a boat [syn: navicular, scaphoid]

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]

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