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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral;
[syn: pisiform, pisiform bone, os pisiforme]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pisiform \Pi"si*form\, a. [L. pisum a pea + -form: cf. F. pisiforme.] Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape; as, a pisiform iron ore. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pisiform \Pi"si*form\, n. (Anat.) A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many mammals. See Illust. of Artiodactyla. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pisiform n 1: a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral [syn: pisiform, pisiform bone, os pisiforme]