English Explanatory Dictionary

navicular

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Shaped like a boat.
  2. Relating to boats.
noun
  1. A navicular bone.

Word forms

navicular more navicular most navicular naviculars

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Synonyms

cymbiform nautiform scaphoid

Derived words

tibionavicular cuneonavicular navicular abdomen navicular bone navicular disease talocalcaneonavicular talonavicular
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