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LUNATE BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lunate bone mean? 

LUNATE BONE (noun)
  The noun LUNATE BONE has 1 sense:

1. one of the eight small wrist bonesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LUNATE BONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the eight small wrist bones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

lunate bone; os lunatum; semilunar bone

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

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


 Context examples 


The eight bones of the wrist: capitate bone, hamate bone, lunate bone (SEMILUNAR BONE), pisiform bone, SCAPHOID BONE, trapezium bone, trapezoid bone and triquetral bone.

(Carpal Bone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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