scaphoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Shaped like a boat.
noun
  1. Carpal navicular bone.

Word forms

scaphoid more scaphoid most scaphoid scaphoids

Etymology

From Latin scaphoides, from Ancient Greek σκᾰφοειδής (skăphoeidḗs, “like a bowl, hollow”), from σκᾰ́φη (skắphē, “boat, trough, bowl”).

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