Crossword clues for navicular
navicular
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, a. [L. navicularius, fr. navicula, dim. of navis ship: cf. F. naviculaire.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
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Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone. Navicular bone. (Anat.)
One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale; -- called also scaphoid.
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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.
Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, n. (Anat.) The navicular bone.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"boat-shaped," 1540s, from Late Latin navicularis "pertaining to a boat," from navicula, diminutive of navis "ship" (see naval).
Wiktionary
a. Shaped like a boat. n. (context anatomy English) A navicular bone.
WordNet
adj. shaped like a boat [syn: scaphoid]
n. the largest wrist bone on the thumb side [syn: scaphoid bone, os scaphoideum]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "navicular".
The first was from the vet saying he was 99 per cent sure Arthur had contracted navicular disease which meant he was a write-off for racing.
He pointed out the small pastern bone, the navicular, which can easily be chipped enough to lame a horse so badly it has to be put down.
She worked longer at the groove between the internal cuneiform and navicular bones, which should quicken his flagging energies.