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Bone in the hand
Answer for the clue "Bone in the hand ", 8 letters:
scaphoid
Word definitions for scaphoid in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1741, from Modern Latin scaphoides "boat-shaped," from Greek skaphoeides , with -oeides (see -oid ) + skaphe "light boat, skiff;" also "basin, trough, a bowl;" literally "thing dug or cut out," from PIE *skabh- , from root *(s)kep- "to cut" (see scabies ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. shaped like a boat [syn: navicular ]
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, navicular. n. (context anatomy English) Carpal navicular bone.
Usage examples of scaphoid.
Skin flap remained attached to scaphoid, which suggests injuries to right hand were pre-amputation .
The head of the astragalus is very prominent on the outer side, the scaphoid being depressed downward and inward away from it.
The scaphoid, in addition to its displacement, is much compressed on the planter surface, being little more than one-half the width of the dorsal surface.