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OS TRIQUETRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does os triquetrum mean?
• OS TRIQUETRUM (noun)
The noun OS TRIQUETRUM has 1 sense:
1. a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones
Familiarity information: OS TRIQUETRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("os triquetrum" is a kind of...):
carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)
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