PISIFORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pisiform mean? 

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

1. a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PISIFORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

os pisiforme; pisiform; pisiform bone

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

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

 Context examples 

A plane joint between the fifth metacarpal and the pisiform.

(Carpometacarpal Joint 5, NCI Thesaurus)

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)