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SCAPHOID BONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scaphoid bone mean?
• SCAPHOID BONE (noun)
The noun SCAPHOID BONE has 1 sense:
1. the largest wrist bone on the thumb side
Familiarity information: SCAPHOID BONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest wrist bone on the thumb side
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
navicular; os scaphoideum; scaphoid bone
Hypernyms ("scaphoid bone" is a kind of...):
carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)
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