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CAPITATE BONE

Dictionary entry overview: What does capitate bone mean?

• CAPITATE BONE (noun)
The noun CAPITATE BONE has 1 sense:

1. the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus

Familiarity information: CAPITATE BONE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CAPITATE BONE (noun)

Sense 1

capitate bone ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

The wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

capitate; capitate bone; os capitatum

Hypernyms ("capitate bone" is a kind of...):

carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)

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