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[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]