navicular
Americanadjective
noun
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Also naviculare the bone at the radial end of the proximal row of the bones of the carpus.
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the bone in front of the talus on the inner side of the foot.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of navicular
1535–45; < Late Latin nāviculāris of, relating to shipping, equivalent to Latin nāvicul ( a ) a small ship ( nāvi ( s ) ship + -cula -cule 1; ) + -āris -ar 1
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There was a stress reaction in his navicular bone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2023
I went into the locker room and then got X-rays up in the training room, then Dr. Tingstad was like, ‘Yeah, you broke your navicular.’
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2018
She had broken the navicular, a small but significant bone on the top of her left foot.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2018
A navicular stress fracture cut her college running career short.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2018
The tuberosity of the navicular is sometimes torn away by violent traction on the ligaments attached to it.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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