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SCAPHOID BONE

Dictionary entry overview: What does scaphoid bone mean?

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

1. the largest wrist bone on the thumb side

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

Dictionary entry details

• SCAPHOID BONE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The largest wrist bone on the thumb side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

navicular; os scaphoideum; scaphoid bone

Hypernyms ("scaphoid 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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