NAVICULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does navicular mean? 

• NAVICULAR (noun)
  The noun NAVICULAR has 1 sense:

1. the largest wrist bone on the thumb side

  Familiarity information: NAVICULAR used as a noun is very rare.

• NAVICULAR (adjective)
  The adjective NAVICULAR has 1 sense:

1. shaped like a boat

  Familiarity information: NAVICULAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAVICULAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest wrist bone on the thumb side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

navicular; os scaphoideum; scaphoid bone

Hypernyms ("navicular" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

navicular (shaped like a boat)

• NAVICULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shaped like a boat

Synonyms:

navicular; scaphoid

Similar:

formed (having or given a form or shape)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Derivation:

navicular (the largest wrist bone on the thumb side)

 Context examples 

A flat, triangular fibrous tissue connected to the inner malleolus, navicular bone and ligament, os calcis and astragalus.

(Internal Lateral Ligament of the Ankle, NCI Thesaurus)

One of three (medial, intermediate, or lateral cuneiform) bones in the foot medial to the cuboid bone and between either the first, second or third metatarsal bone and the navicular bone.

(Cuneiform Bone of the Foot, NCI Thesaurus)