OS SCAPHOIDEUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does os scaphoideum mean? 

• OS SCAPHOIDEUM (noun)
  The noun OS SCAPHOIDEUM has 1 sense:

1. the largest wrist bone on the thumb side

  Familiarity information: OS SCAPHOIDEUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OS SCAPHOIDEUM (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 ("os scaphoideum" is a kind of...):

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