navicular : Idioms & Phrases


  • . (Anat.) (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale ; called also scaphoid. (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid.
Webster 1913

  • (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.
Webster 1913