scaphoid - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From Latin scaphoides, from Ancient Greek σκᾰφοειδής (skăphoeidḗs, “like a bowl, hollow”), from σκᾰ́φη (skắphē, “boat, trough, bowl”).
scaphoid (comparative more scaphoid, superlative most scaphoid)
- Shaped like a boat, navicular.
boat-shaped
- Catalan: escafoide (ca)
- Dutch: bootvormig
- Finnish: veneen muotoinen
- Greek: σκαφοειδής (el) (skafoeidís)
- Ancient: σκαφοειδής (skaphoeidḗs)
scaphoid (plural scaphoids)
Proximal: A=scaphoid, B=lunate, C=triquetrum, D=pisiform
Distal: E=trapezium, F=trapezoid, G=capitate, H=hamate
With 1=radius, 2=ulna, 3=metacarpals
- (anatomy) Carpal navicular bone.