scaphoid

[ skaf-oid ]

/ ˈskæf ɔɪd /

adjective

boat-shaped; navicular.

noun

Anatomy. a navicular.

Nearby words

Origin of scaphoid

1735–45; < New Latin scaphoīdēs < Greek skaphoeidḗs like a boat. See scaph(o)-, -oid

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Examples from the Web for scaphoid

In Insectivora the scaphoid and lunar are sometimes united, sometimes separate, and a separate centrale is usually present.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds
He finds that even in children, the subjects of the scaphoid scapula, the arteries are very definitely thickened.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield
The carpals however interlock to a slight extent, and the corner of the magnum reaches the scaphoid.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds
The lobule should be shapely, not adherent, not too pendulous and free from grooves extending from the scaphoid fossa.
Degeneracy|Eugene S. Talbot

(b.) Below the ankle, close to the attachment to the scaphoid.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery|Joseph Bell

British Dictionary definitions for scaphoid

scaphoid

/ (ˈskæfɔɪd) /

adjective

anatomy an obsolete word for navicular

Word Origin for scaphoid

C18: via New Latin from Greek skaphoeidēs, from skaphē boat

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Word Origin and History for scaphoid

scaphoid

adj.

1741, from Modern Latin scaphoides "boat-shaped," from Greek skaphoeides, with -oeides (see -oid) + skaphe "light boat, skiff;" also "basin, trough, a bowl;" literally "thing dug or cut out," from PIE *skabh-, from root *(s)kep- "to cut" (see scabies). Related: Scaphoidal (1680s).

Medicine definitions for scaphoid

scaphoid

[ skăf′oid′ ]

adj.

Shaped like a boat; hollow.

n.

navicular