hamate

[hey-meyt]

adjective Anatomy.

hook-shaped.
having a hooklike process.

Origin of hamate

1735–45; < Latin hāmātus hooked, equivalent to hām(us) hook + -ātus -ate¹

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Examples from the Web for hamate

Historical Examples of hamate

Hamate, or Hamose, hooked; the end of a slender body bent round.
The Elements of Botany
Asa Gray
Spores of Bacidia umbrina to illustrate the several-celled, hyaline, hamate or spirally twisted type.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6
Bruce Fink and Leafy J. Corrington

British Dictionary definitions for hamate

hamate

adjective

rare hook-shaped

Word Origin for hamate

C18: from Latin hāmātus, from hāmus hook

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