navicular Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the largest wrist bone on the thumb side
os scaphoideum; scaphoid bone.
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adjective satellite shaped like a boat
scaphoid.
WordNet
Na*vic"u*lar adjective
Etymology
L.Definitions
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship. -
Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; thenavicular bone.
Na*vic"u*lar noun
Definitions
(Anat.) The navicular bone.