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OS CAPITATUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does os capitatum mean?
• OS CAPITATUM (noun)
The noun OS CAPITATUM has 1 sense:
1. the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus
Familiarity information: OS CAPITATUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
capitate; capitate bone; os capitatum
Hypernyms ("os capitatum" is a kind of...):
carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)
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