pisiform
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of pisiform
1760–70; < New Latin pisiformis, equivalent to pisi- (combining form representing Latin pisum pea 1 ) + -formis -form
Example Sentences
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Pirates: 1B Colin Moran was placed on the 10-day injured list with a pisiform bone fracture in his left hand.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2021
But if you trace the pinkie edge of your hand, palm-side-up, you can feel a similar bone called the pisiform where your hand meets your wrist.
From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2019
The flexor retinaculum is attached laterally to the trapezium and scaphoid bones, and medially to the hamate and pisiform bones.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The small, rounded pisiform bone articulates with the anterior surface of the triquetrum bone.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
It is true that in the human being this is its action; but in quadrupeds, owing to its insertion into the pisiform, it draws the hand into the position of flexion.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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