unciform
[uhn-suh-fawrm]
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adjective
hook-shaped.
Origin of unciform
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Historical Examples of unciform
The final bone of that series, the unciform, seems to represent two bones fused.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank 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 SkeletonSidney H. Reynolds
unciform
adjective
noun
Word Origin for unciform
C18: from New Latin unciformis, from Latin uncus a hook
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unciform
[ŭn′sə-fôrm′]
adj.
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