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OS HAMATUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does os hamatum mean?
• OS HAMATUM (noun)
The noun OS HAMATUM has 1 sense:
1. the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers
Familiarity information: OS HAMATUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
hamate; hamate bone; os hamatum; unciform bone
Hypernyms ("os hamatum" is a kind of...):
carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)
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