CUNEIFORM BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cuneiform bone mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUNEIFORM BONE (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("cuneiform bone" is a kind of...):

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