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Princeton's WordNet

  1. navicular, scaphoidadjective

    shaped like a boat

Wiktionary

  1. scaphoidnoun

    Carpal navicular bone.

  2. scaphoidadjective

    Shaped like a boat, navicular.

Wikipedia

  1. scaphoid

    The scaphoid bone is one of the carpal bones of the wrist. It is situated between the hand and forearm on the thumb side of the wrist (also called the lateral or radial side). It forms the radial border of the carpal tunnel. The scaphoid bone is the largest bone of the proximal row of wrist bones, its long axis being from above downward, lateralward, and forward. It is approximately the size and shape of a medium cashew.

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  1. scaphoid

    Scaphoid refers to something shaped like a boat or having a boat-like shape. It's most commonly used in the field of anatomy to refer to one of the small bones in the human wrist. The term is derived from the Greek word "skaphoides", which means "like a boat".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scaphoidadjective

    resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped

  2. Scaphoidnoun

    the scaphoid bone

  3. Etymology: [Gr. ska`fh a boat + -oid: cf. F. scaphode.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Scaphoid

    skaf′oid, adj. boat-like in form, noting two bones, one in the wrist and the other in the foot. [Gr. skaphē, a boat, eidos, form.]

Editors Contribution

  1. scaphoidadjective

    A bone in the wrist


    Submitted by MaryC on August 25, 2023  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scaphoid in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scaphoid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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