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OS TRIQUETRUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does os triquetrum mean?

• OS TRIQUETRUM (noun)
The noun OS TRIQUETRUM has 1 sense:

1. a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones

Familiarity information: OS TRIQUETRUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OS TRIQUETRUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cuneiform bone; os triquetrum; pyramidal bone; triquetral; triquetral bone

Hypernyms ("os triquetrum" is a kind of...):

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

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