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The largest wrist bone on the thumb side
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navicular
Word definitions for navicular in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. shaped like a boat [syn: scaphoid ] n. the largest wrist bone on the thumb side [syn: scaphoid bone , os scaphoideum ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Shaped like a boat. n. (context anatomy English) A navicular bone.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"boat-shaped," 1540s, from Late Latin navicularis "pertaining to a boat," from navicula , diminutive of navis "ship" (see naval ).
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.