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Hamate

Hamate \Ha"mate\ (h[=a]"m[asl]t), a. [L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook.] Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

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hamate

a. (context anatomy English) Hooked at the tip. n. The hamate bone.

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hamate

n. the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers [syn: hamate bone, unciform bone, os hamatum]

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He tried to distract himself by running through some of them now, murmuring their names: capitate, hamate, triquetral, lunate .