unciform

[uhn-suh-fawrm]

adjective

hook-shaped.

Origin of unciform

1725–35; < New Latin unciformis, equivalent to Latin unc(us) a hook, barb (cognate with Greek ónkos) + -i- -i- + -formis -form

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Examples from the Web for unciform

Historical Examples of unciform

The final bone of that series, the unciform, seems to represent two bones fused.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia
Frank Evers Beddard
In the carpus the os magnum articulates freely with the scaphoid, and is separated from the cuneiform by the lunar and unciform.
The Vertebrate Skeleton
Sidney H. Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for unciform

unciform

adjective

anatomy zoology having the shape of a hook

noun

Also called: hamate bone anatomy any hook-shaped structure or part, esp a small bone of the wrist (unciform bone)

Word Origin for unciform

C18: from New Latin unciformis, from Latin uncus a hook

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unciform in Medicine

unciform

[ŭn′sə-fôrm′]

adj.

Shaped like a hook.