scaphoid
[skaf-oid]
- boat-shaped; navicular.
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- Anatomy. a navicular.
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Origin of scaphoid
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(b.) Below the ankle, close to the attachment to the scaphoid.
A Manual of the Operations of SurgeryJoseph Bell
The corner of the scaphoid just reaches the magnum also in Amblypoda.
The Vertebrate SkeletonSidney H. Reynolds
In Echidna the carpus is broad, the scaphoid and lunar are united and there is no centrale.
The Vertebrate SkeletonSidney H. Reynolds
In the carpus a centrale is present, and the scaphoid and lunar are separate.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
The scaphoid and lunar are separate, and there is a centrale.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
scaphoid
- anatomy an obsolete word for navicular
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Word Origin
C18: via New Latin from Greek skaphoeidēs, from skaphē boat
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scaphoid
(skăf′oid′)- Shaped like a boat; hollow.
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