Search Result for "scaphoid_bone":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the largest wrist bone on the thumb side;
[syn: scaphoid bone, os scaphoideum, navicular]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scaphoid \Scaph"oid\ (?; 277), a. [Gr. ska`fh a boat + -oid: cf. F. scapho["i]de.] (Anat.) Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped. -- n. The scaphoid bone. [1913 Webster] Scaphoid bone (a) One of the carpal bones, which articulates with the radius; the radiale. (b) One of the tarsal bones; the navicular bone. See under Navicular. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scaphoid bone n 1: the largest wrist bone on the thumb side [syn: scaphoid bone, os scaphoideum, navicular]