ha·mate

(hā′māt′) Anatomy

A small, hook-shaped carpal bone of the wrist. Also called unciform.

adj.

Hooked at the tip.

[Latin hāmātus, hook-shaped, barbed, from hāmus, hook.]

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hamate

(ˈheɪmeɪt)

adj

rare hook-shaped

[C18: from Latin hāmātus, from hāmus hook]

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ha•mate

(ˈheɪ meɪt)
n.

a bone of the carpus having a hooklike process projecting from the palmar surface.

Also called ham′ate bone`.

[1735–45; < Latin hāmātus hooked =hām(us) hook + -ātus -ate¹]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

hamate - the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers

hamate bone, os hamatum, unciform bone

carpal, carpal bone, wrist bone - any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates

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Thomas and Birch (13) reported that compression in ulnardeviation with palmar flexion causes a coronal hamate body fracture, when the hamate abuts against the triquetral and a force directed through the metacarpals splits the hamate coronally.

Isolated transverse fracture of the body of the hamate bone: a rare case report

Now, though, Brown is sliding down some draft boards because he had surgery earlier this month to remove the hamate bone from his right hand.

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Delayed union of fractures of the trapezoid and body of the hamate. Orthop Rev.

Isolated trapezoid fractures: a case report with compilation of the literature

Brooks had X-rays and a CT scan on Monday after the team returned to Eugene, and that confirmed a fracture of the hamate bone.

Broken wrist bone sidelines UO freshman

Caratini seems to be recovering quickly from surgery to remove the hamate bone from his left hand.

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GCT of carpal bones affected in 31% the hamate, in 24% the capitate, in 14% the scaphoid, in 10% the lunate, in 7% the triquetrum, in 7% the trapezium, in 7% the trapezoid, and multifocal appearance was found in 14% of all cases [4].

An Unusual and Complicated Course of a Giant Cell Tumor of the Capitate Bone

It then crosses the hook of the hamate bone and turns laterally deep to the palmer aponeurosis to join one or other of the branches of the radial artery which may form a significant protein of an incomplete arch.

Palmer arterial arches--a morphological study

Acting manager Brad Mills said that, as far as he knows, there is no damage to the hamate bone in Ortiz's left hand.

Ortiz forced to sit out; MRI scheduled for today on odd wrist injury

Fractures of the pisiform can be seen on a 30[degrees] supinated oblique radiograph, and fractures of the hook of the hamate can be observed on the carpal tunnel view.

Triangular fibrocartilage complex tears: a review

BOSTON - Dustin Pedroia said his left hand feels fine after having surgery in November to remove the hamate bone, which had caused him so much pain late in the year and through the postseason.

Pedroia OK after hand surgery

The ulnalunate and ulnatriquetral ligament components of the TFCC insert on the lunate, triquetrum, and hamate bones as well as on the base of the fifth metacarpal.

Wrist arthroscopy

Pedroia doesn't know when or how he did it, but doctors diagnosed a cracked hamate bone in his left hand in early September.

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