English Explanatory Dictionary

hamate bone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the eight bones of the wrist (carpals).

Word forms

hamate bone hamate bones

Etymology

From Latin hāmātus (“hooked, crooked”).

Synonyms

hamatum os hamatum unciform unciform bone uncinatum
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