The Collaborative International Dictionary
Navicular disease
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.
Usage examples of "navicular disease".
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.