navicular

na·vic·u·lar  (n-vky-lr)

n. In both senses also called scaphoid.

1. A comma-shaped bone of the human wrist, located in the first row of carpals.

2. A concave bone of the human foot, located between the talus and the metatarsals.

adj.

Shaped like a boat; scaphoid.

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[From Latin nvicula, boat, diminutive of nvis, ship; see nu- in Indo-European roots.]

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navicular [nəˈvɪkjʊlə] Anatomy

adj

shaped like a boat

n also naviculare [nəˌvɪkjʊˈlɑːrɪ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a small boat-shaped bone of the wrist or foot

[from Late Latin nāviculāris, from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis ship]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	navicular - the largest wrist bone on the thumb side os scaphoideum, scaphoid bone carpal, carpal bone, wrist bone - any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates
Adj.	1.	navicular - shaped like a boat scaphoid anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals formed - having or given a form or shape